Galaganda is treated continuously with abundant emesis, nasal medication, sudation and strong poultices; when it has ripened it is incised and cleansing and healing measures are applied daily.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- गलगंड में वमन, नस्य, स्वेदन, उपनाह और विदारण
- English
- Emesis, nasal medication, sudation, poultice and incision for galaganda
Ingredients and preparation
How it is used
Emesis, nasal medication, sudation and poultices first; incision once ripe, then daily cleansing.
मधिकवमननस्यस्वेदतीव्रोपनाहान्॥
Indicated for, as the text says
- Goitre (galaganda)(गलगणड)
Therapies involvedTherapeutic emesis (vamana)वमन कर्मNasal therapy (nasya)नस्य कर्मSudation therapy (svedana)स्वेदन (सेंक)Poultice (upanaha)उपनाह (पुल्टिस)Surgery (shastra karma)शस्त्रकर्म (शल्य क्रिया)Purification therapy (shodhana)शोधन चिकित्सा
Organs mentionedThroatगला (कंठ)
वमन, नस्य, स्वेदन, तीव्र उपनाह आदि का प्रयोग करें। जब वह पक जावे तो विदारण करके शोधन, रोपण विधान का प्रयोग करना चाहिए।Source wording as converted, Chapter 14 · p. 245 · v. 21.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
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Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 14
- Extraction tasks
- T12
- Record id
- method_galaganda_p317