• It is a contagious disease that outbreaks as an epidemic.
• It is caused mainly by Dam Radī Safrāwī (Bilious putrefied sanguine).
• It is characterized by signs and symptoms of small pox such as backache, nasal irritation, bodyache, lethargy, redness of face and eyes, lacrimation, burning of eyes, dyspnoea, hoarsness of voice, dryness of mouth, headache, throat pain, trembling of legs on standing and Hummā Mutbiqa (Continuous high grade fever). Scattered eruptions of the size of millet appear on the skin. In the beginning these eruptions remain red in colour and after sometime change into Khuskresha (Crust) and fall off the skin as husk bran. It mainly affects children.

• Sprinkle Khāksī (Sisymbrio irio, Zinn.) on the body and bed of the patient.
•  Spread Gul Surkh (Rosa damascena, Mill.) on the bed of the patient.
•  Bakhūr (Fumigation) with leaf of Jhāo (Tamarix gallica, Linn.) in cold weather.
•  Shamūm (Inhalation) in hot weather the with following formulation.
• Sandal (Santalum album, Linn.), Gul Surkh (Rosa damascena, Mill.), Ās (Myrtus communis, Linn.)
•  Ābzan (Sitz bath) with decoction of the following drugs.
• Gul Surkh (Rosa damascena, Mill.), Ās (Myrtus communis, Linn.)

Compound drugs:

• Muwallid-i Safrā Aghziya during epidemic-The foods which produce an excessive quantity of yellow bile in the body e.g. cheese.

• Fasd-i Akhal (Bloodletting through median cephalic vein)

• Aghziya Latīfa-Food stuffs which are easy to digest but have little nutritional value, and produce such a sanguine which is normal in viscosity. These are of two types i.e. Mahmūda (that produces good humour) and Ghayr Mahmūda (that produces morbid humour) e.g. garlic, radish, spicy and salty foods, etc.
• Mā’ al-Sha‘īr ( boiled with ‘Unnāb, Sapistān, Masūr)- Barley water
•  Pomegranate juice

• Purging to be avoided.
• Cold foods and drinks  to be avoided.
•  Muwallid-i Safrā Tadābīr during epidemic to be avoided.
•  ‘Arq-i Gulāb to be instilled in eyes as a preventive measure.
•  Fasd (Bloodletting) to be avoided when the skin eruptions appear before fever.
•  Gharghara (Gargle) with vinegar and chilled water to be avoided.
•  Contact with the patient to be avoided.