When (in a case of Sannipátaja fever), the Ojo-dhátu (one of the fundamental principles) of the organism being disturbed or agitated by the deranged and aggravated Pitta and Váyu, gives rise to shivering and numbness of limbs and makes the patient drop into fits of unconsciousness whether asleep or awake, and when there are somnolence, delirious talks, horripilation, looseness of the limbs and slight pain (in the body)— this kind of fever is called Ojo-nirodhaja fever (due to an obstruction or an overwhelmed condition of the Ojo-dhátu) by the experts. 17.
The disease, (in such cases) finds aggravation on the seventh, the tenth or on the twelfth day *[1] when the case takes either a favourable turn or ends in death. 18.
Symptoms of Dwandvaja fever:— A case of fever which involves, and is due to the combined action of any two deranged Doshas of the body, is called Dwandvaja fever and such cases are classified into three different types (e. g. Vâta-pitta-fever, Vâta-śleshma-fever and Pitta-śleshma-fever). Yawning, distension of the abdomen, loss of consciousness, shiveing pain in the joints, emaciation of the body, thirst, delirium and heat or increased temperature of the skin, are the characteristic symptoms of Váta-pitta fever (due to the action of the deranged Pitta and Váyu). Aching pain (Śula), cough, the vomiting of Kapha, shivering, coryza, cold, sense of heaviness of the limbs, aversion to food, and a feeling of general numbness, are the
- ↑ * The fever in which Váyu predominates gets aggravated on the 7th, that in which Pitta predominates becomes aggravated on the 10th and that in which Kapha predominates comes to be aggravated on the 12th day. According to some authority, however, Abhinyása, Hataujasa, and Sannyása types of fever are pacified on the 7th, 10th and 12th. day respectively. — Dallana,
