Ghee drunk for oleation that has not been digested; the text says it gives rise to anorexia, fever, prameha, insanity, kushtha and fainting, and manages it with hot salted water or emesis with lukewarm water.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- घृताजीर्ण
- Hindi
- घृत का अजीर्णघी न पचना
- English
- Indigestion of drunk ghee
What the text says
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Signs and symptoms1
Undigested drunk ghee is said to produce anorexia, fever, prameha, insanity, kushtha and fainting.
Treatment principle1
In that state the patient is given hot water mixed with rock salt to drink, or is made to vomit with lukewarm water.
Questions and answers
How does one know that the ghee drunk for oleation has been digested?
The body feels light, appetite returns, the mind is clear, speech, urine, stool and flatus move properly, belching is clean and the senses are clear.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 22
- Extraction tasks
- T24
- Record id
- condition_ghrita_ajirna