In kapha-type heart disease the text advises emesis with warm water containing trikatu, then purgation with trivrit, sour fruit, rock salt and dry ginger.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- कफज हृद्रोग में वमन-विरेचन
- English
- Emesis and purgation for kapha-type heart disease
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल) | त्रिाकटु | Not stated |
| Warm water (ushnodaka)गरम पानी (उष्णोदक) | कोष्णजल / उष्णजल | Not stated |
| Trivrit (turpeth)निसोत (त्रिवृत्) | त्रिावृता / निशोथ | Not stated |
| Sour fruit juice (phalamla)खट्टे फलों का रस | फलाम्ल / खट्टा फल | Not stated |
| Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव) | लवण / सैंधानमक | Not stated |
| Shunthi (dry ginger)सोंठ (शुण्ठी) | नागर / शुंठी | Not stated |
How it is used
Warm water with trikatu is drunk for emesis; trivrit with the other items is given for purgation.
त्रिकटु से युक्र उष्णजल से वमन कराना चाहिए एवं निशोथ, खट्टा फल, सैंधानमक व शुंठी से विरेचन कराना चाहिए।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Heart disorders (hridroga)(कफज ह्द्रोग)
कफकृतोग्रमहाह्दयामये। त्रिाकटुकोष्णजलैरिह वामयेत्। अपि फलाम्लयुता त्रिावृता भृशं। लवणनागरकैस्स विरेचयेत्॥ 8॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 17 · p. 348 · v. 8.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
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 17
- Extraction tasks
- T17
- Record id
- method_kaphaja_hridroga_shodhana_p420