Which Jvara is described as having cold cough, congestion, a low-grade fever, malaise, clay-colored stool, clear urine, swelling, puffiness of the lower eyelid, excessive sleep, and drooling?

• A. Vata Jvara
• B. Kapha Jvara
• C. Pitta Jvara
• D. Vishama Jvara

Answer: (B)

In Ayurveda, fever types reflect which dosha is dominant, and Kapha Jvara presents with cool, damp, and heavy qualities that slow the body and promote mucus. The described picture—cold cough with congestion, a low-grade and lingering fever, malaise, swelling around the eyes, puffiness, excessive sleep, and drooling—fits kapha’s damp, sluggish, mucus-forming tendency. The mucus-heavy cough, fullness and edema, and the tendency to sleep excessively all point to a kapha imbalance, where fluids and heaviness predominate. Digestive signs like clay-colored stool and clear urine can indicate slowed metabolism and dampness rather than heat, which again aligns with Kapha Jvara rather than Pitta or Vata patterns.

Pitta Jvara would more likely show heat signs—burning sensations, irritability, flushed skin, and perhaps darker or more concentrated urine or stools—while Vata Jvara tends to be dry, quick, and often painful or restless, with a more variable fever pattern. Vishama Jvara involves irregular, alternating fever and chills rather than a sustained, damp, heavy picture. Therefore the overall symptom constellation points to Kapha Jvara.