When the tooth root (gum) is hard, swollen and heated, it is treated quickly with bloodletting, and with lukewarm gargles and similar measures of good drugs prepared as decoctions, oils and ghee.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- दंतमूलगत रोग चिकित्सा
- English
- Treatment of hard, hot gum swellings
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | तैल | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | आजय / घृत | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Good drugs are prepared as decoctions, oils and ghee.
कषाय, तैल घृत इनसे सिद्द श्रोष्ठ अैषधियों के गणडूष धारण आदि विशोष
How it is used
Bloodletting, then lukewarm gargles (gandusha).
कठिन सूजन से युक्र उष्ण से प्रतप्त (तपा हुया) दंत मल को, शीघ्र ही रक्रमो़ाण
Indicated for, as the text says
- Dental disorders (dantaroga)(≤ढातिशोफान्वितमूल / कठिन सूजन से युक्त दंतमूल)
कषायतैलाजयकृतै: सुभेषजै: सुखोष्णगणडूषविशोषणैर्जयेत्॥ 76॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 275 · v. 76.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 commentary writes दंत मल where the verse has मूल (root).
Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T13
- Record id
- method_dantamula_roga_chikitsa_p347