• It is a condition of diffused ulceration of oral mucosa, mostly occurring in children.
• It is caused by predominance of any of four humours, indigestion and uncongenial quality of mother’s milk. Some other contributing factors include childhood, rainy season and Hummā Wabā’iyya (Epidemic fever).
• It is characterized by bad breath and presence of pain, redness, heat and inflamed oral mucosa in case of Qulā‘ Damawī, signs and symptoms of Waram Rikhw (Soft swelling) and thickened mucosa in case of Qulā‘ Balghamī, blackish tongue, pain, crusting and burning sensation in case of Qulā‘ Sawdāwī.2 The burning escalates however in Qulā‘ Safrāwī.

• Joshānda-i Halayla in case of Qulā‘ Safrāwī.
• Joshānda-i Aftīmūn for Tanqiya in Qulā‘ Sawdāwī followed by local application of Mukhkh al-‘Izām (Bone marrow) and mastication of Barg-i Hinnā (Lawsonia inermis, Linn.).
• Mazmaza (Rinse) with decoction of Sumāq (Rhus coriaria, Linn.) and vinegar in case of Qulā‘ Damawī.
• Mazmaza (Rinse) with decoction of vinegar, Māmīrān (Thalictarum foliolosum, DC.), Halayla (Terminalia chebula, Retz.) and ‘Āqarqarha ( Anacyclus pyrethrum, DC.) in case of Qulā‘ Balghamī.
• Mazmaza (Rinse) with Nawshādar (Sal ammoniac), Shibb (Alum) , Namak Khurdanī (Sodium chloride) mixed in vinegar in case of Qulā‘ Damawī o Safrāwī .
• Zarūr (Sprinkle) with powder of following drugs.
• Shibb (Alum) and Māzū (Quercus infectoria, Oliv.).

Compound drugs:

• Muwallid-i Sawdā Aghziya (Diets that produce black bile) for lactating mother

• Fasd-i Qīfāl (Bloodletting through cephalic vein)
• Fasd-i Chahār Rag (Bloodletting through superior and inferior labial veins)

• Aghziya Bārida in case of Qulā‘ Damawī o Safrāwī - 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.
• Pomegranate juice
• Aghziya Sāliha (Diets that produce good humours) for lactating mother

• Roghaniyāt (Oils) to be avoided except those having astringent property.