Chicken Pox: Symptoms: At first pain in the body, then eruptions containing pus on face and body. The eruptions look like pimples and emit a watery matter. It is not as dangerous as small pox.
Small Pox: Small elevations on the skin containing matter show the presence of pox. Pox germs are the origin of the disease. Symptoms: Rising temperature within two weeks of germ’s entry in the body,
Fistula: Fistula is a sore fissure on the rectum, growing to the length of one inch. It starts as a pimple, later becomes putrid. Any putrid sore on the rectum can be called a
Cancer: A small enlargement of flesh growing in a circle and with pain is called a tumor. Cancer is septic and expanding tumor. It generally grows on the breasts of the female, on uterus,
Ulcer: Ulcer is a sore on the skin. It may occur on any part of the body. It may start from a hurt or burning. From it a watery substance may trickle out and the
Boils: Boils are painful inflammations of the skin. Treatment: Baharer Nani at the start. This will cause suppuration. Sadhana Malam and Charma Rogantak may be used. Diet: For inflammation, abscess, and vidradhi: fine
Carbuncle: The carbuncle usually grows on the backside or neck. It has many little mouths, from which purulent matter comes out. Men are more subject to carbuncles than women, and middle-aged people more than others.
Erysipelas: Erysipelas is a poisoning of the skin, blood, and muscles. It can move from one place to another. Pre-Symptoms and Symptoms: Upset stomach, pain in a particular muscle, headache, depression, restlessness, cold, fever
Vidradhi: Vidradhi (Vidradhi word is advanced from vidra, i.e, a painful condition like pricking, stabbing or cutting sensation in the skin.) grows in a deeper layer of the skin than the abscess, and spreads to
Abscess: Collection of purulent matter in the lower layer of the skin at the site of inflammation is called abscess. The swelling that takes place before this collection is called inflammation. Treatment: Baharer Nani
Inflammation: Inflammation occurs wherever there is swelling with pain and burning and on which pimples may grow. Treatment: Suppression except in case of syphilitic inflammation where poisons must be allowed to purge out. Inflammation
Scrofula: Scrofula is a bead-like swelling or swellings on any part of the body, but especially the neck. Cause: Excess fat and phlegm. Symptoms: Red swellings, putrefaction of some glands, trickling pus, subsiding
Goiter: Causes: Poisoned gas, phlegm, and fat taking refuge in the throat which then swells. Symptoms: A cold and itchy swelling on the throat which may be black, sun-color, or normal color. Because
Hernia: Accidental opening of the abdominal viscera is called hernia. Causes: Horse-back riding, continuous long walking, strenuous work, violent laughing, crying, sneezing, and coughing. These things may produce an opening in the abdomen through
Hydrocele: Causes: Sudden strike, inflammation of veins, breakdown of health, suspended testicles. Symptoms: Throbbing pain at times, increase of disease during the black and full moons and on the 10th and 11th days after