The patient is sweated on a comfortably warm bed of grain and given an anuvasana enema of sesame oil cooked with licorice decoction; then head purgation is done with the sharp drugs of the head-purgative group and emesis is induced with rice water mixed with licorice decoction. If the doshas still seem raised, the best enemas are used.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- हृदयोपसरण व्यापत्ति की चिकित्सा
- English
- Treatment of hridayopasarana after emesis or purgation
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | तिलोद्धव / तिलके तैल | Not stated |
| Yashtimadhu (licorice)मुलेठी (यष्टिमधु) | यष्ठीकषाय / मुलैठी के क्वाथ | Not stated |
| Rice-washing waterचावल का धोवन | तणडुलांबु / चावल के धोवन | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Sesame oil is cooked with licorice decoction for the enema; licorice decoction is mixed with rice water for the emesis.
मुलैठी के क्वाथ (काढे) से साधित तिलके तैल से अनुवासनबस्ति
How it is used
Sweating, then oil enema, head purgation and induced vomiting, followed by enemas if needed.
होने पर उसे धान्य से स्वेदित करके
Indicated for, as the text says
- Hridayopasarana (doshas moving to the heart)(ह्दयोपसरण व्यापत्ति)
तं चामयजय सुखोष्णधान्यशयने संस्वेद्य यष्ठीकषा-।Source wording as converted, Chapter 22 · p. 519 · v. 83-84.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
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The commentary for these verses runs onto PDF 592.
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