For linganasha born of intense kapha, recognised when it disperses on pressing, the patient is made to look at his own nose; the physician carefully pierces the natural opening in the white part slowly with a very smooth copper probe called yavavaktra, makes the patient sneeze to expel the kapha, withdraws the probe gradually once objects in front are seen, keeps the patient lying on his back and gives nasya with pungent, dry, kapha-removing drugs.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- कफज लिंगनाश में शलाका-वेधन
- English
- Needling with the yavavaktra probe in kapha-born linganasha
Ingredients and preparation
Indicated for, as the text says
- Linganasha (cataract-like blindness)(तीव्र कफ से उत्पौा लिंगनाश)
उस दैवकृत छिद्र में अत्यन्त चिकनी ताम्र से बनायी हुइर्, यववक्त्र नामक शलाका से, क्रमश: धीरे-धीर‘ वेधन करें अैर छींक कराकर कफ को निकालें।Source wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 319 · v. 279-281.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 describe the needling procedure for kapha-born linganasha?
After the kapha type is recognised by pressing, the patient looks at his nose and the physician slowly pierces the natural opening in the white of the eye with a smooth copper yavavaktra probe, makes him sneeze to expel kapha, withdraws the probe once objects are seen, and then gives nasya.
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- Chapter 15
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- method_linganasha_vedhana_p391