Plain ghee, taken alone without sugar or other additions, is drunk for oleation by a strong and steady person burdened by hardship, in the cold season (hemanta and shishira); the text calls this especially beneficial for him.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- अच्छपान
- Hindi
- अच्छपान (केवल घृत पीना)
- English
- Drinking plain ghee (acchapana)
Ingredients and preparation
Taken by mouthChapter 22 · p. 497 · v. 9
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घृतं | Not stated |
How it is used
Ghee alone is drunk, in the cold season.
शीत श्रतु (हेमंत शिशिर) में वह केवल (अकेला) घृत को ही पीवें।
Therapies involvedOleation therapy (snehana)स्नेहन
पिबेदृतै केवलमेव तfृतं सदाच्छपानं हि हितं हितैषिणाम्॥ 9॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 22 · p. 497 · v. 9.Safety
- Needs a trained practitioner. This procedure or preparation is of a kind that should only be carried out under qualified supervision.
Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.
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Quick facts
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- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
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- Chapters
- Chapter 22
- Extraction tasks
- T24
- Record id
- method_acchapana_p569