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SYMPTOMS OF AGGRAVATED DOSHAS 

Given below are general guidelines to indicate which Dosha is aggravated. The individual Prakriti of the person is not very relevant in this instance, because it is not necessary that the Dosha that goes out of balance is that to which the individual belongs. For example if a patient has the kind of pain described against Vata, it is highly likely that the Vata Dosha in him is aggravated - he himself may not be a Vata type of person.
 
 
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.

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