The hemiplegia patient is well purged and then given asthapana enemas and the whole treatment told for vata diseases; the facial palsy patient is treated with sudation and pressed nasal drops (avapida nasya).
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- पक्षाघात चिकित्सा
- Hindi
- पक्षाघात और अर्दित की चिकित्सा
- English
- Treatment of hemiplegia and facial palsy
Ingredients and preparation
How it is used
Purgation and asthapana enemas for hemiplegia; sudation and avapida nasal drops for facial palsy.
प़ाघात रोगी को अच्छी तरह विरेचन कराकर, आस्थापनाबस्ति आदि वातरोगों
Indicated for, as the text says
- Hemiplegia (pakshaghata)(प़ाघात)
- Facial palsy (ardita)(अर्दित)
Therapies involvedTherapeutic purgation (virechana)विरेचन (जुलाब)Decoction enema (niruha basti)निरूह बस्तिSudation therapy (svedana)स्वेदन (सेंक)Nasal therapy (nasya)नस्य कर्म
संविधाय विदितार्दितसंराम्। स्वेदनैरुपचरेदवपीडै:॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 12 · p. 201 · v. 39.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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- Content type
- Procedure
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- Chapter 12
- Extraction tasks
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