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Foodआहार द्रव्य

Warm water (ushnodaka)

गरम पानी (उष्णोदक) · उष्णोदक

Extracted from the text2 references

Built from passages of the source by the curated extraction. Pending human review.

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
उष्णोदकउष्णजलसुखोष्णजलकोष्णजलक्वथित जल
Hindi
गरम पानीउष्णोदकगुनगुना पानीउबला पानी
English
Warm waterwarm waterhot waterboiled water
Romanized
ushnodakagaram pani

Ayurvedic properties

Only the qualities the text states are listed. The claims below give each statement with its source.

Effect on the doshas
Kapha: pacifiesVata: pacifies
Actions
JvaraghnaDeepanaMala shodhana

What the text says

Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.

Properties1

  • Boiled water drunk lukewarm, free of foam and dirt, is said to destroy breathlessness and cough, fat, kapha, vata and āma, to remove fever, and to cleanse the bowels and kindle digestion; the commentary speaks of the boiled water of the rainy season.

    Chapter 5 · p. 65 · v. 16Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Diet1

  • Warm water is named as the after-drink when eating dishes made with ghee and the like, or when drinking fats (sneha).

    Chapter 4 · p. 51 · v. 18Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Remedies using it

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Dry ginger in hot water, then rice with mung soupDry ginger paste in hot waterEmesis with warm water and vachaFasting with hot water in indigestionGhee drunk with rock salt and hot water in vata disordersHaritaki and salt powder in hot waterHot water with rock salt for undigested gheeLong pepper powder in hot waterSalt water for indigestionShukamukha and dhava roots in hot waterWarm water boiled with dry gingerWashing the yoni with warm medicated waterWholesome diet during ghee drinking: hot water and warm thin gruelWholesome diet for the vidradhi patientWholesome food and drink for the rains

Procedures using it

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After-care following emesisCautery at the heels for vishuchikaCorrecting a purgative that does not actDiet on the day before purgationDosha-wise treatment of thirstEmesis and purgation for kapha-type heart diseaseEmesis for vata aggravated in the stomachEmesis for vata-type heart diseaseEmesis in diarrhoea with much amaFasting and drinking water in feverGargles against kaphaGiving the oil enema (anuvasana) after niruhaGraded diet after purificationMeasures for indigestionPurification at the prodromal stage of feverTreatment of pravahika after purgationWarm bath and light liquid food after cooling treatment

Given as vehicle or after-drink

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Taken with or after these preparations.

Bharangyadi powderCautery at the heels for vishuchikaDry ginger in hot water, then rice with mung soupDry ginger paste in hot waterEmesis and purgation for kapha-type heart diseaseEmesis for vata-type heart diseaseEmesis in diarrhoea with much amaGhee drunk with rock salt and hot water in vata disordersHaritaki and salt powder in hot waterHingvadi powderKhadiradi powderLong pepper powder in hot waterPaste of patha, ajamoda, black pepper, amalaki and haritaki (unnamed)Paste of tree turmeric, turmeric, trikatu, musta and chitraka (unnamed)Purgative ghee with milk-hedge latex for vata in the colon (unnamed)Purgative paste of dry ginger, haritaki and rock salt (unnamed)Purgative powder of sugar and three pungents in warm water (unnamed)Salt water for indigestion

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 8 times on 6 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Questions and answers

What after-drink does the text give for every kind of food in general?

Warm water, drunk after the meal.

Detailed answer and sources

All references

Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.

Quick facts

Content type
Food
Categories
Water
Source pages with records
2
Pages naming it
6
Extraction tasks
T03
Record id
ingredient_ushnodaka