Table 2.
Clinical symptom assessment scoring for the patient of Urdhwaga amlapitta.
| Grading score | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avipaka (indigestion) | No indigestion | Indigestion on only by heavy food. | Delayed digestion of lighter food | Impaired indigestion of even lighter food |
| Gaurav (lethargy) | No lethargy | Occasional but can do daily work | Continuous tiredness that hampers daily work | Due to tiredness avoid any routine work |
| Utklesha (nausea) | No salivation | Occasional but not daily | Daily and after taking solid food for sometime | Frequently and feel Amlata |
| Tikta Amla Udgara (acid eruption. belching) | No Tikta | Appears 1–5 times/day only on consumption of sour and spicy food | Appears 6–10 times/day on the consumption of any type of food | Appears 10 times/day on the consumption of any type of food |
| Gurukoshthatwa (heaviness in abdomen) | Nogurukoshthtwa | Occasional with a normal quantity of food | Continuous while taking normal food with an average quantity | Continuous while taking less food |
| Aruchi (anorexia) | No Aruchi | Patient feels aruchi but takes food time to time | Patient sometimes takes food and sometimes avoid it | Patient avoids the food many times |
| Vibandh (constipation) | No Vibandh | Intermittent relieved by pathya ahar vihar | Continuous relieved by mild laxative (Mrudu Virechan) | Continuous only relieved by strong medication (Teekshan virechan) |
| Shirorujah (Headache) | No headache | Intermittent reliever by pathya | Continuous not relieved by medicine | Continuous only relieved by medicine |