The text says that to relieve heart disease, enemas are also given with drugs suited to pacifying the respective doshas.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- हृद्रोग में बस्ति प्रयोग
- English
- Enema therapy in heart disease
Ingredients and preparation
How it is used
Given as enemas.
अैषधियों से बस्ति का भी प्रयोग करना चाहिए।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Heart disorders (hridroga)(ह्द्रोग)
Therapies involvedEnema therapy (basti)बस्ति कर्म (एनिमा)
Organs mentionedHeart and cardiovascular systemहृदय और रक्त-संवहनी तंत्र
तदनुरूपविशोषगुणैषधै-। रखिलबस्तिविधानमपीष्यते॥ ह्दयरोगगणप्रशमायतत्।Source wording as converted, Chapter 17 · p. 348 · v. 9.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.
Questions and answers
How does the text treat pitta-type and kapha-type heart disease?
Pitta type: emesis with drugs mixed with ghee, jaggery and milk, then purgation. Kapha type: emesis with warm water containing trikatu, then purgation with trivrit, sour fruit, rock salt and dry ginger.
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Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
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- 1
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- Chapters
- Chapter 17
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- T17
- Record id
- method_hridroga_basti_p420