• It is a condition in which there is an accumulation of Rutūbāt (Fluids) in the peritoneal cavity.
• It is caused by Waram-i Jigar (Hepatitis), weakened Quwwat Dāfi‘a (Repulsive faculty) of liver and/or weakened Quwwat Jāziba (Absorptive faculty) of kidneys and obstruction.
• It is characterized by heaviness, abdominal distension, shiny abdominal skin,dyspnoea, decreased thirst, whitish discoloration of urine, shifting dullness and feeling of water filled bag on palpation (when found without Harārat).

•     Oral administration of decoction of Shibit (Anethum sowa Kurz.).
•     Oral administration of Murawwaqayn with Qurs-i Zarishk.

Compound drugs:

•     Batī al-Hazm Aghziya - Foods that take longer time for digestion.
•     Aghziya Bārida Rataba -  The food of cold temperament having ability to produce the humours which induce coldness in the body e.g. Khas                       (Andropogan muricatus Retz.), Kāsnī (Cichorium intybus Linn.), etc.Foods of wet/moist temperament having ability to produce the humours which give          rise to wetness in the body e.g. milk, Kadū (Cucurbita maxima Duchesne.), cucumber, watermelon, clarified butter, almond oil, etc.
•     Aghziya Ghalīza Lazija -  Dry and viscous foods such as dry date, ‘Adas Musallam (Lens esculenta Moench.), etc. These are of two types i.e. Mahmūda      (that produces good humour) and Ghayr Mahmūda (that produces morbid humour). The foods which increase the viscosity of humours e.g. Khurfa, Til,         etc.

•     Complete Blood Count, Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
•     Liver Function Test
•     Kidney Function Test
•     Montoux test (PPD)
•     X-ray Chest
•     Ultrasonography
•     Diagnostic paracentesis
•     Urine-Routine, Microscopic

•     Idrār (Diuresis)
•     Ishāl (Purgation)
•     ‘Aml-i Bazl (Tapping)
•     Tazahhā (Sun bath)

•      Aghziya Musakhkhina - Foods producing heat in the body e.g. spices.
•     Aghziya Mujaffifa - Foods causing desiccation of body fluid e.g. roasted gram.
•     Zūd Hazm Aghziya - Easily digestible food materials which provide nutrition to the body very soon.

• Avoid Fasd (Bloodletting).