🔘 Raktapitta

RAKTAPITTA :- 

👉 INTRODUCTION :- 

Raktapitta is a bleeding disorder where in the rakta (blood )vitiated by Pitta flows out of the openin degs of the body.

Charakacharya has described it immediately after Jwara as it arises due to the caused as a result of Jwara.

👉 HISTORY OF RAKTAPITTA :- 

Hystorically, raktapitta occured after jwara because of Rudra’s anger pervaded the human being at the time of destruction of Daksha's sacrifice.

‌👉 NIDAN :- 

-Grains such as yavaka, uddalaka, and koradusha, in excess quantities, along with other food items that are ushna  and tikshna 

- nishpaava, black gram, horse gram and alkali, or with curd, whey, buttermilk, sour buttermilk or sour gruel.

- Meat of pig, buffalo, sheep, fish and cow.

- Upadamsha of radish, mustard, garlic, karanja, shigru, madhu shigru.

- Drink of sura (wine) sauvira, tushodaka (types of vinegar), maireya, medaka, madhulaka, shukta , sour preparations of kuvala and badara.

-Unboiled milk in excessive quantity or frequently, especially after exposure to intense heat.

- Rohini along with milk 

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- Kanakapota (a type of pigeon) cooked with mustard oil and alkali

- milk along with sour beverages cooked with horse gram, oil cake, fruits or jambu and lakucha.

👉 SAMPRAPTI :- 

Nidan seven , person’s pitta gets vitiated and the quantity of blood in his body exceeds its normal quantity. Along with the increased quantity of vitiated blood in the system, vitiated pitta gets into the circulation and reaches raktavaha srotas and its organs like liver and spleen. Due to abhishyandi and guru qualities of rakta, obstructions in the channels occur leading to morbidity in rakta.

👉 SYMPTOMS :- 

The prodromal symptoms of raktapitta include aversion to food, hot eructation just after meal, belches with smell and aftertaste of sour gruel, frequent vomiting, ugliness of vomitus, hoarseness of voice, malaise, radiating burning sensation, emittance of smoke from the mouth, smell of metal, blood, or fish , mucus in the mouth, appearance of red, green or yellow spots in body parts, feces, urine, sweat, saliva, nose-secretion, excreta from mouth and ear and boils, bodyache, and frequent vision of red, blue, yellow, blackish and brilliant objects in dreams.

👉 TYPES :- 

There are two routes of the manifestation of raktapitta - upwards and downwards. In persons having an abundance of kapha, vitiated rakta goes up and bleeding occurs from ear, nose, eyes and mouth. In those having an excess of vata, rakta flows downwards along with vata and patients bleed through the urinary tract and rectum. Finally, in those having abundance of both kapha and vata, rakta comes out from the body with both the routes and thus bleeds through all the aforesaid orifices.

👉 SIGNS OF ASADHYA RAKTAPITTA :- 

Raktapitta which is black, blue or of rainbow color and stains clothes is incurable. Bleeding which is of excessively fetid smell, in large quantities, and which is associated with all the complications particularly in weak and emaciated patients is incurable. A patient, if sees things around him and the sky red, is certainly suffering from an incurable variant of the disease.

A patient suffering from the incurable variant should be avoided, while the one with the palliable variant should be managed with efforts and the curable one should be treated successfully with tried remedies.

👉 SIGNS OF SADHY RAKTAPITTA :- 

Raktapitta which has only one passage, is in the strong person, not very forceful, with recent onset, in favorable season (early winter and winter) and without complication is curable.