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| Colour (of discharges, discoloration, vision etc.) |
| V - Black, brown, blue black, blue, pink, lessening or absence of normal colour. |
| P - Red, purple, yellow, green, black, smoky. |
| K - White, pale. |
| Pain |
| V - Intense, throbbing, biting, churning, beating, tearing, variable, moving, intermittent. |
| P - Medium, burning. |
| K - Mild, heavy, dull, constant. |
| Fever |
| V - Moderate, variable (up & down). |
| P - Very high, burning, thirst, sweating, irritability, delirium. |
| K - Low grade fever or constant high temperature, dullness. |
| Discharges |
| V - With sound (discharge of gas, cracking of joints etc.) |
| P - Bleeding, pus, bile. |
| K - Mucous, salivation. |
| Mouth |
| V - Astringent taste, dry. |
| P - Bitter or pungent taste (also burning) increased salivation. |
| K - Dry, rough, pain and tightness on swallowing. |
| Throat |
| V - Dry, rough, pain and constriction of esophagus. |
| P - Sore throat, inflammation, burning sensation. |
| K - Swelling, dilation, oedema. |
| Stomach |
| V - Irregular appetite, frequent belching and hiccups, sense of constriction. |
| P - Excessive appetite, sour or pungent belching or vomitting. |
| K - Slow digestion, sweet or mucouid belching or vomitting. |
| Liver and Gall Bladder |
| V - Irregular activity. |
| P - Soft to palpate, excessive bile production (jaundice) |
| K - Enlarged, heavy, sluggish, gall stones. |
| Intestines |
| V - Dry, distention, gas, constipation. |
| P - Profuse secretions, inflamed, ulceration, abscesses, cancer, bleeding, perforation. |
| K - Mucous, slow action, obstruction, distention, oedema, tumours. |
| Stools |
| V - Constipation, painful and difficult bowel movement, dry, small quantity. |
| P - Diarrhoea, watery stools, quick, uncontrollable, burning, frequent, moderate quantity. |
| K - Solid, less frequent, large amount, containing mucous, with itching. |
| Urine |
| V - Scanty, difficult to pass, increased frequency OR absence of urine, colour less. |
| P - Profuse, burning, increased, fermented, yellow, brown or red. |
| K - Profuse, decrease in frequency, containing mucous, white and pale. |
| Sweat |
| V - Scanty, irregular. |
| P - Profuse, hot strong smell. |
| K - Moderate, constant. |
| Mind and Senses |
| V - Delusion, fear, apathy, sorrow, loss of consciousness, insomnia, desire for hot and hatred of cold things. |
| P - Weakness of senses, intoxication, restlessness, violent emotions, delirium, loss of sleep, dizziness, fainting, desire for cold things. |
| K - Slow perception, lack of desire, lethargy, stupor, excessive sleeping, desire for hot things. |
| Onset of Disease |
| V - Rapid, variable, irregular. |
| P - Medium with fever. |
| K - Slow, constant. |
| Time of day when aggravated |
| V - Dawn, dusk |
| P - Noon, midnight. |
| K - Mid-morning, mid-evening. |
| Season when aggravated |
| V - Autumn, early winter. |
| P - Summer, late spring. |
| K - Late winter, early spring. |
| External aggravating factors |
| V - Wind, cold, dryness. |
| P - Heat, sun, fire, humidity. |
| K - Dampness, cold. |