Emesis, purgation, head purgation, strong medicated smoke, holding liquids in the mouth and licking pungent linctuses are called beneficial in kapha cough.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- कफज कास में वमन, विरेचन, शिरोविरेचन, धूम, कवल, कटुलेह
- English
- Purifying and local measures for kapha cough
Ingredients and preparation
How it is used
A group of measures used together or in turn.
छर्दनं तनुशिरोःतिविरेका:। ती़णधूमकबला: कटुलेहा:॥
Indicated for, as the text says
- Cough (kasa)(कफज कास)
Effect on the doshas, as stated
Kapha: pacifies
Therapies involvedTherapeutic emesis (vamana)वमन कर्मTherapeutic purgation (virechana)विरेचन (जुलाब)Nasal therapy (nasya)नस्य कर्मMedicated smoke inhalation (dhumapana)धूमपान (औषधि धूम)Gargling and oil pulling (gandusha, kavala)गंडूष (कुल्ला)
वमन, विरेचन, शिरोविरेचन, ती़ण, धूमपान व कवल धारण कराना एवं कटुलेहों का चटाना भी कफज कास में हितकर है।Source wording as converted, Chapter 16 · p. 327 · v. 23.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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Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 16
- Extraction tasks
- T16
- Record id
- method_kaphaja_kasa_shodhana_p399