Other measures in ripened kapha fever

Besides emesis, kapha fever is treated with nasya, collyrium and purgation made with pungent drugs, gargling with the bitter group of drugs and pulse soups.

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Names and synonyms

Hindi: पक्व कफज्वर चिकित्सा
English: Other measures in ripened kapha fever

Ingredients and preparation

OtherChapter 9 · p. 140 · v. 69

How it is used

Nasal, eye, oral and gargling routes are used.

कटु अैषधियों द्वारा नस्य, अंजन, विरेचन तथा तिक्र गणैषधियों द्वारा कवलधारण (कुरला) कराना व यूष देना चाहिए।

Indicated for, as the text says

Fever (jvara)(कफजवर)

Therapies involvedNasal therapy (nasya)नस्य कर्म Collyrium application (anjana)अंजन (सुरमा लगाना)Therapeutic purgation (virechana)विरेचन (जुलाब)Gargling and oil pulling (gandusha, kavala)गंडूष (कुल्ला)

नस्यांजनेष्टकटुभेषजसद्विरेक-गणडूषयूषखलतिक्रगणै:प्रयोजय:॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 9 · p. 140 · v. 69.

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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