Lip diseases are treated in order with drugs that calm the dosha concerned, with plasters, fomentation and bloodletting where needed; they may also be treated by the methods for scrotal enlargement or for nodules, by surgery, drugs and cautery, and especially by applying caustic alkali.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- ओष्ठरोग चिकित्सा
- English
- Treatment of lip diseases
Ingredients and preparation
External applicationChapter 15 · p. 269 · v. 48-49
How it is used
Local procedures on the lips.
अैषधियों के प्रयोग से, लेपन, स्वेदन व रक्रमो़ाण आदि विधियों से (जहाँ जिसकी जरूरत पडे)
Indicated for, as the text says
- Lip diseases (oshtharoga)(अोष्ठ रोग / अोष्ठ विकार)
Therapies involvedPaste application (lepa)लेप लगानाSudation therapy (svedana)स्वेदन (सेंक)Bloodletting (raktamokshana)रक्तमोक्षणSurgery (shastra karma)शस्त्रकर्म (शल्य क्रिया)Cauterisation (agnikarma)अग्निकर्म (दागना)Caustic therapy (kshara karma)क्षार कर्म
Organs mentionedLipsहोंठ (ओष्ठ)
निशातशस्त्रैषधदाहकर्मणा। विशोषत: ़ारनिपातनेन वा॥ 49 ॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 269 · v. 48-49.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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