Assimilation disorder

When the condition of the liver deteriorates and weakness takes possession of it, a condition first arises that is the precursor of dropsy and is called a “digestion disorder”; it is also given the name “general corruption of nature.” First of all, the color of the patient’s body and face turns pale and yellow, swelling of the eyelids, face, ends of the arms and legs appears; sometimes it spreads throughout the body, which becomes dough-like. This is constantly accompanied by indigestion, and the appetite sometimes increases, and the nature is randomly locked or released. The state of sleep is the same: sometimes it deeply covers the patient, and sometimes it is replaced by long insomnia. In this case, there is little urine and perspiration, the winds increase and the abdominal walls swell greatly; sometimes the testicles also swell. If such patients develop an ulcer, it heals with difficulty due to damage to their nature. In the sockets of the teeth and in the gums, heat and itching appears due to the spoiled steam rising there, and the whole body becomes sluggish and relaxed. Sometimes a condition similar to an “absorption disorder” occurs due to the accumulation of water in the lungs, and the appearance of the patient becomes, in all respects, similar to the appearance of dropsy.