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Table 1: The major skin diseases and its dosha dominance.
Table 1: The major skin diseases and its dosha dominance.


Skin diseases Dosha dominance
{| class="wikitable"
Kapala Vata
! rowspan="1"| Skin diseases      
Udumbara Pitta
! rowspan="1"| Dosha dominance        
Mandala Kapha
|-
Rushyajihva Vata-pitta
! rowspan="1"| Kapala
Pundarika Pitta-kapha
! rowspan="1"| Vata
Sidhma Kapha-vata
|-
Kakanaka all doshas
| Udumbara ||  Pitta
|-
| Mandala ||  Kapha
|-
| Rushyajihva || Vata-pitta  
|-
| Pundarika ||  Pitta-kapha
|-
| Sidhma ||  Kapha-vata
|-
| Kakanaka || all doshas  
|-
|}
 


Thus, there are seven types of specific ''kushtha'', however depending on degree of superior and inferior involvement of etiology, permutation and combinations ''kushtha'' may be innumerable. [5]
Thus, there are seven types of specific ''kushtha'', however depending on degree of superior and inferior involvement of etiology, permutation and combinations ''kushtha'' may be innumerable. [5]