Medicated smoke inhalation (dhumapana)

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: धूमपानधूमधूमवर्ति
Hindi: धूमपानऔषधि धूमऔषधि का धुआं
English: Medicated smoke inhalationmedicated smokingsmoke inhalation
Romanized: dhumapana

What the text says

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Definition1

Smoke from a wick made with emetic drugs is called emetic (vamaka) smoke, from purgative drugs purgative (virechana) smoke, and from cough-destroying drugs cough-relieving (kasaghna) smoke.
Chapter 23 · p. 549 · v. 37Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Classification1

Smoke (dhuma) is said to be of five kinds: oleating (snehana), prayogika, emetic (vamana), purgative (virechana) and cough-relieving (kasaghna); a footnote gives नस्यैः as a variant reading for कासैः in the verse.
Chapter 23 · p. 549 · v. 35Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Properties1

Smoking is said to make the senses clear, the mind glad and the teeth and hair firm, and to remove breathlessness, cough, sneezing, vomiting, hoarseness, sleep disorder, kacha (queried in the commentary), delirium and discharge of kapha.
Chapter 23 · p. 551 · v. 45Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Indications1

Properly applied by physicians who know yoga, atiyoga and ayoga, smoke is said to destroy drowsiness (the commentary: lassitude), coryza, heaviness of the head, foul smell of the mouth and the many diseases of the mouth.
Chapter 23 · p. 551 · v. 46Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Treatment principle1

The doshas are said to be aggravated on these eight occasions, so smoke is to be taken to calm them, as the Jaina teaching states; the verse also links it with calming poison, burning and pain, which the commentary does not render.
Chapter 23 · p. 551 · v. 44Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Quantity as written1

The prayogika smoke is used until tears come to the eyes, which is its measure; the other smokes are used until the doshas come out.
Chapter 23 · p. 552 · v. 49Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Regimen1

The prayogika smoke is to be taken daily after bathing, after eating, on rising from sleep, after sexual intercourse, after passing stool, after sneezing, after vomiting and after cleaning the teeth.
Chapter 23 · p. 551 · v. 43Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Contraindications1

Smoke is not to be given to those suffering from fainting, intoxication, giddiness, burning, thirst, heat, raktapitta, fatigue, severe poisoning, grief or fear; to those afflicted with pandu, prameha, timira, upward-moving vata or mahodara; to the very old or children; to those who have just been purged or given an asthapana enema; to those with wounds or chest injury (urahkshata); to pregnant women; to those who have just drunk liquids; to the dry (named in the verse); to those who have eaten meat; and to those without kapha.
Chapter 23 · p. 550 · v. 41-42Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Discussed in topics17

Benefits of smokingधूमसेवन के गुण Length of the smoking pipeधूमपान की नली की लम्बाई Measure of the smokes and the emetic smokeधूमपान का प्रमाण और वामक धूम Medicated smoking, mouthfuls and related measuresधूमपान, कवलधारण आदि Medicine with a morsel and between morselsग्रास और ग्रासांतर Nasal drops, gargles and related measuresनस्य, गण्डूष आदि के प्रयोग Persons unfit for smokingधूमपान के अयोग्य मनुष्य Poison on riding animals and in nasal medicine and smokeसवारी, नस्य और धूम में विष के लक्षण Promise to describe smoke, gargles and nasal therapy; the kinds of smokeधूम, कवलग्रह और नस्य विधि वर्णन की प्रतिज्ञा तथा धूम के भेद Signs and treatment of nasal blockageनासाप्रतिनाह के लक्षण और चिकित्सा The oleating smokeस्नेहन धूम का लक्षण The prayogika, emetic, purgative and cough-relieving smokesप्रायोगिक, वामक, विरेचन और कासघ्न धूम Times for taking smokeधूमसेवन का काल Treatment of all sarvasara (mouth) diseasesसब सर्वसर (मुख) रोगों की चिकित्सा Treatment of tridoshic and vitiated coryzaसन्निपातज और दुष्ट प्रतिश्याय की चिकित्सा Treatment of vata coughवातज कास की चिकित्सा

Described uses16

Bhringaraja and amalaki oil as nasal dropsभांगरा-आंवला रस से सिद्ध तैल का नस्य Conduct after a mealतत्पश्चाद्विधेय विधि Emetic smokeवामक धूम Khala cooked with pungent, hot and alkaline substancesकटु, उष्ण, क्षार द्रव्यों से पका खल Medicated smoke wick against kapha (unnamed)कफनाशक धूमवर्ति Oily medicated smoke for vata coughस्नेहिक धूमपान Oleating smoke (snaihika dhuma)स्नेहिक धूम Prayogika smokeप्रायोगिक धूम Purgation and other procedures in vata-type abhishyandaवाताभिष्यंद में विरेचन आदि प्रयोग Purifying and local measures for kapha coughकफज कास में वमन, विरेचन, शिरोविरेचन, धूम, कवल, कटुलेह Smoking procedure: pipe, bore, inhaling and exhalingधूमपान विधि (नली, छिद्र, ग्रहण और निर्गमन)Treatment of an injured eye that is rupturedभिन्न नेत्राभिघात की चिकित्सा Treatment of curable rohiniसाध्य रोहिणी की चिकित्सा Treatment of excessive smokingधूम के अतियोग की चिकित्सा Treatment of painful blood-born eye diseasesपीड़ायुक्त रक्तज नेत्ररोग की चिकित्सा Treatment of tridoshic and vitiated coryzaसन्निपातज व दुष्ट प्रतिश्याय की चिकित्सा

Questions1

What are the five kinds of medicated smoke, and how long is the smoking pipe for them?औषधि धूम के पाँच प्रकार कौन से हैं, और उनकी नली कितनी लम्बी होती है?

Sessions1

Treating mishaps of all proceduresसर्वौषधकर्मव्यापच्चिकित्सित

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 13 times on 7 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Questions and answers

What are the five kinds of medicated smoke, and how long is the smoking pipe for them?

Oleating, prayogika, emetic, purgative and cough-relieving smoke. The pipe is 48 angulas long for the prayogika smoke, 32 for the oleating smoke and 16 for the purgative and cough-relieving smokes.

Detailed answer and sources

All references

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