When the purgative does not act or stays in the stomach, the patient drinks hot water and his back, flanks and abdomen are fomented with heated palms so that the liquefied doshas flow out. If little comes and the medicine is digested, a strong patient with much of the day left is given an unfailing dose again; if purgation still fails, the body is prepared daily with oleation and sweating and with asthapana and anuvasana enemas, and then purged.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- विरेचन के अयोग का प्रतिकार
- English
- Correcting a purgative that does not act
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Warm water (ushnodaka)गरम पानी (उष्णोदक) | उष्णं जालं / गरम पानी | Not stated |
How it is used
Hot water by mouth and fomentation with heated palms; then a repeat dose, and if needed enemas before purging again.
गरम पानी पिलाकर शीघ्र ही हथैली तपाकर उससे पीठ को, दोनों पार्श्व (पसवाडे) उदर को सेकना चाहिए।
Indicated for, as the text says
चोष्णं चाशु पिबेज्जालं सुविहितं संशोधनाथँ परम्॥ 64॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 22 · p. 512 · v. 64-66.Safety
- Needs a trained practitioner. This procedure or preparation is of a kind that should only be carried out under qualified supervision.
- Caution in the text: The repeat dose is given only after judging that much dosha remains, the patient is strong and much of the day is left.
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.
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