Seven Mahakushtha - 1) Kapala Kushtha: कृष्णारुणकपालाभं यद्रूक्षं परुषं तनु | कापालं तोदबहुलं तत्कुष्ठं विषमं स्मृतम् || १४ || kr̥ṣṇāruṇakapālābhaṁ yadrūkṣaṁ paruṣaṁ tanu| kāpālaṁ tōdabahulaṁ tatkuṣṭhaṁ viṣamaṁ smr̥tam||14|| Colour – kr̥ṣṇ a (blackish), a ruṇa (reddish) Nature – Kapāla (similar to broken piece of earthen pot) Touch – Rūkṣa (dry), paruṣa (rough), tanu (thin) Associated symptoms – severe pain Sadhya / sadyata – Difficult to cure Fig.1 Kapāla / actinic keratosis non hypertrohic Fig 1a Kapāla / tuberculoid leprosy 2) Udumbara Kushtha: दाहकण्डूरुजारागपरीतं लोमपिञ्जरम् | उदुम्बरफलाभासं कुष्ठमौदुम्बरं विदुः || १५ || dāhakaṇḍūrujārāgaparītaṁ lōmapiñjaram| udumbaraphalābhāsaṁ kuṣṭhamaudumbaraṁ viduḥ||15|| Colour – Similar to udumbara fruit Nature – rāgaparīta (redness), lōmapiñjara (hair on the patch become bro
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