Leeches are kept in a new pot filled with clean lake water, with cool moss, lotus, lotus leaves, pond mud and lotus stalks; they are given water and food every day and moved to a fresh pot once every seven days.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- जलौकापोषण
- Hindi
- जोंक पालन
- English
- Keeping and feeding leeches
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Padma (lotus)कमल (पद्म) | कमल, कमलपत्र, कमलनाल | Not stated |
| Earth and clay (mrittika)मिट्टी (मृत्तिका) | उसी तालाब के कीचड | Not stated |
How it is used
Care of the leeches before use; nothing is given to the patient.
प्रतिदिन पानी व आहार देवें एवं सात-सात दिन में एक बार उस घडे को बदलते रहना चाहिए।
Therapies involvedLeech therapy (jalauka)जलौका (जोंक) चिकित्सा
उन जलौंकों को यत्नपूर्वक पकडकर एक नये घडे में सरोवर के स्वच्छ पानी, शीतल सेवाल1, कमल, कमलपत्र2, उसी तालाब के कीचड व कमलनाल3 को डालकरSource wording as converted, Chapter 21 · p. 486 · v. 44.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 21
- Extraction tasks
- T23
- Record id
- method_jalauka_palana_p558