Fevers (Jvara)

Seven types of fevers were viewed as due to various combinations of the dosas, and an eighth was seen as the result of external causes. Abhinyasajvara and Ojoniruddhajvara are fevers, both of which were thought to occur when all dosas were defective. Their symptoms suggest typhoid fever and typhoid fever with delirium as well as cerebral malaria. The Visamajvaras were recurrent fevers with intermis­sions of normal temperature and thus seem to fit the cycles of some of the various types of malaria.