After the fever has ripened, a painful vata fever is treated with unctuous purgation, such as castor oil, or a decoction enema, and a pitta fever with cool emesis or purgation, each as suitable.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- पक्व ज्वर में शोधन
- English
- Purification in ripened vata and pitta fever
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Castor oil (eranda taila)अरंडी का तेल (एरण्ड तैल) | स्नेह (एरणड तैल आदि) | Not stated |
How it is used
Purgatives by mouth or a niruha enema for vata fever; cool emetics or purgatives for pitta fever.
जवर पक जाने पर यदि वह पीडायुक्र वातजवर हो तो उसे यथायोग्य स्नेह (एरणड तैल आदि) विरेचन अथवा निरूहबस्ति देनी चाहिए, यदि पित्त ज्वर हो तो यथा योग्य शीत वमन, वा विरेचन से उपशम करना चाहिए।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Fever (jvara)(पक्वजवर (वात, पित्त))
सांयोजयेत्सरुजवातकृतजवरात्र्त:। पित्तजवरे वमनशीतविरेचनैशच॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 9 · p. 139 · v. 68.Safety
- Needs a trained practitioner. This procedure or preparation is of a kind that should only be carried out under qualified supervision.
- Caution in the text: Given only after the fever has ripened, as suitable to the case.
Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.
All references
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- Procedure
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- Chapter 9
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