Wrinkles are named with grey hair and old age as the state of the body for which the great aksha oil nasya is given.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- वलि
- Hindi
- झुर्रियाँ
- English
- Wrinkles (vali)
What the text says
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Indications1
The great aksha oil nasya is given to a person whose body is overtaken by wrinkles, grey hair and old age.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 2 times on 2 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 54Chapter 4… ावार्थ : जो धान्य अत्यन्त विशीर्ण हो गया हो अर्थात् सडा हुआ या जिसमें झुर्रियाँ लगी हुई हों, बहुत पुराना हो, जला हुआ हो, कीट रोग लग जाने से खराब हो ग …
- Book page 212Chapter 12… मिश्रमलं येःजस्त्रमाशु विसृजंति सतोदम्॥ 94॥ भावार्थ : अंदर की (तीसरी) वलि में उत्पन्न अर्श एवं सिन्नपातज अर्श से पीडित तथा जो सदा पिच्छिल रक्त …
Questions and answers
How is the great aksha (bibhitaki) oil used, and what does the text say it does?
A person afflicted by grey hair, wrinkles and old age is first purified by emesis, purgation and the like, then given nasya of the oil with great care in a windless house, repeatedly for a month.
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
- 2
- Chapters
- Chapter 23
- Extraction tasks
- T26
- Record id
- condition_vali