Smoking procedure: pipe, bore, inhaling and exhaling

The smoking pipe is 48 angulas long for the prayogika smoke, 32 for the oleating smoke and 16 for the purgative and cough-relieving smokes. Its bore should let an urad grain pass (a footnote: at the tip; at the root it is as thick as the thumb). The oleating and prayogika smokes are drawn through mouth and nose (a footnote: some say the prayogika through the nose only), the purgative through the nose, the emetic and cough-relieving through the mouth only. Smoke taken in by the nose is let out by the mouth, and smoke taken in by the mouth is let out by the mouth; the reverse is not accepted.

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Names and synonyms

Hindi: धूमपान विधि (नली, छिद्र, ग्रहण और निर्गमन)
English: Smoking procedure: pipe, bore, inhaling and exhaling

Ingredients and preparation

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Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.

Therapies involvedMedicated smoke inhalation (dhumapana)धूमपान (औषधि धूम)

Organs mentionedNoseनाक (नासिका)Mouth, teeth and gumsमुख, दांत और मसूड़े

भावार्थ : प्रायोगिक धूम के लिए, धूमपान की नली 48 अडतालीस अंगुल लम्बी, स्नेहन धूमSource wording as converted, Chapter 23 · p. 549 · v. 38-40.

Safety

Caution in the text: Smoke taken in by the nose is to be let out through the mouth, not the reverse, which the sages do not accept.

Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.

Discussed in topics3

Bore of the smoking pipe and how each smoke is drawnधूमनली के छिद्र का प्रमाण और धूमपान विधि How the smoke is let outधूम निकालने की विधि Length of the smoking pipeधूमपान की नली की लम्बाई

Organs mentioned2

Mouth, teeth and gumsमुख, दांत और मसूड़े Noseनाक (नासिका)

Therapies involved1

Medicated smoke inhalation (dhumapana)धूमपान (औषधि धूम)

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

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

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

Chapter 23 · p. 549 · v. 38-40