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Various types of Kushtha and modern co-relation by Prof. Satyendra Narayan Ojha

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