When the jaw stiffens in excessive emesis, it is fomented with excellent drugs that destroy kapha and vata.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- हनुस्तम्भ में ठोडी का स्वेदन
- English
- Fomenting the jaw for jaw stiffness
Ingredients and preparation
External applicationChapter 22 · p. 515 · v. 72
How it is used
The jaw is fomented.
हनुस्तम्भ होने पर कफवातनाशक, श्रोष्ठ अैषधियों से ठोडी स्वेदन करें अर्थात् सेके।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Lockjaw (hanugraha)(हनुस्तम्भ / सुस्तब्धे च हनौ)
Effect on the doshas, as stated
Kapha: pacifiesVata: pacifies
Therapies involvedSudation therapy (svedana)स्वेदन (सेंक)
Organs mentionedMouth, teeth and gumsमुख, दांत और मसूड़े
सुस्तब्धे च हनावनूनकफवातघनैषधैस्स्वेदयेत्॥ 72॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 22 · p. 515 · v. 72.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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