Without giving food, the facial palsy patient is given sour liquid and curd to drink, then sweated again and again by the various kinds of sudation told before, and massaged with arka oil.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- अर्दितवात चिकित्सा
- Hindi
- अर्दित वात की चिकित्सा
- English
- Treatment of facial palsy with sour drinks, sudation and arka oil
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Curd (dadhi)दही (दधि) | दधि / दही | Not stated |
| Arka (calotropis)आक (अर्क) | अर्कतैल / आक का तैल | Not stated |
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | तैल | Not stated |
How it is used
Sour liquid and curd by mouth without food; repeated sudation and arka-oil massage externally.
अर्दित वातरोग में भोजन न खिलाकर, अम्लरस व दही को पिलावें पशचात् अनेक
Indicated for, as the text says
- Facial palsy (ardita)(अर्दितवात)
Organs mentionedHeadसिर (शिर)
स्वेदयेदसकृदर्दितवातं।Source wording as converted, Chapter 12 · p. 201 · v. 37.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.
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The supervision flag is for arka, a toxic plant. The verse wording around अपतानकपत्रा is unclear; the commentary is followed.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 12
- Extraction tasks
- T10
- Record id
- method_ardita_chikitsa_p273