Treatment of tridoshic and vitiated coryza

Vitiated coryza from all doshas is said to settle quickly with ghee cooked with the hot, alkaline and pungent drug group, pressed nasal drops and other strong nasal medicines, warm affusion, bathing in warm decoctions, linctuses, gargles, held liquids, much smoking and plasters.

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Names and synonyms

Hindi: सन्निपातज व दुष्ट प्रतिश्याय की चिकित्सा
English: Treatment of tridoshic and vitiated coryza

Ingredients and preparation

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Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत)	घृत	Not stated
Alkali preparations (kshara)क्षार (खार)	़ार	Not stated

Preparation as described

Ghee is cooked with the hot, alkaline and pungent drug group.

सोष्ण़ारै: कटुगणविपक्वैर्घृतै:

How it is used

Nasal, external, oral and inhalation measures used together.

घृत, अवपीडन, नस्य व अन्य ती़ण नस्य, उष्णसेक, उष्णकषाय जलादिक में अवगाहन, अवलेह, गणडूष, कवलग्रहण, बहुधूम प्रयोग व लेप से शीघ्र उपशम होता है।

Indicated for, as the text says

Common cold (pratishyaya)(सर्वदोषों से दूषित दृष्ट प्रतिश्यायरोग)

Therapies involvedNasal therapy (nasya)नस्य कर्म Pouring therapy (parisheka)परिषेक (धारा)Gargling and oil pulling (gandusha, kavala)गंडूष (कुल्ला)Medicated smoke inhalation (dhumapana)धूमपान (औषधि धूम)Paste application (lepa)लेप लगाना

Organs mentionedNoseनाक (नासिका)Headसिर (शिर)

सर्वदोषों से दूषित दृष्ट प्रतिश्यायरोग उष्ण, ़ार, कटु अैषधि वर्ग से पकाया हुआSource wording as converted, Chapter 16 · p. 345 · v. 99.

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.

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