The text says the thin body is to be made plump with unctuous, nourishing medicines, food and drink, natural thinness to be nourished with effort, water commended and milk given after meals, and the digestive fire always protected with nasal therapy, linctus, gargles and similar measures.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- कृशबृंहण
- Hindi
- क्षीण शरीर को समकरणोपाय
- English
- Nourishing the thin body
Ingredients and preparation
Taken by mouthChapter 3 · p. 34 · v. 41-42, 44
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | ़ीर / दूध | Not stated |
| Water (jala)जल (पानी) | पानीय / पानी | Not stated |
How it is used
Milk is given after meals (the commentary says milk or water).
कृश शरीर वाले को भोजन के बाद दूध या पानी को पिलाना चाहिए
Indicated for, as the text says
- Emaciation (karshya)(़ीणस्य / कृश शरीर)
Therapies involvedNourishing therapy (brimhana)बृंहण चिकित्साNasal therapy (nasya)नस्य कर्मGargling and oil pulling (gandusha, kavala)गंडूष (कुल्ला)
नस्यावलेहै: कवलग्रहैर्वा। नित्यं तदग्नि: परिऱाणीय:॥ 44॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 3 · p. 34 · v. 41-42, 44.All references
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Extraction notes
- No specific drugs or doses are named.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 3
- Extraction tasks
- T02
- Record id
- method_krisha_brimhana_p106