Knowing from pain in the waist and back and the discharge of much kapha with urine that delivery is near, the woman is anointed with oil and bathed with warm water, then laid on her back on a comfortable bed with both legs drawn up. An elderly midwife skilled in delivery is called at once; she has the woman bear down gently at first and strongly when the birth is imminent, conducting the delivery with great care, and thus the woman delivers easily, free from all mishaps.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- प्रसव विधि
- Hindi
- प्रसव विधि
- English
- Delivery procedure
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | तैलेनामयजय / तैल से अमयंग | Not stated |
How it is used
Oil massage and warm-water bath, positioning on the back, and bearing down guided by a skilled midwife.
उसे तैल से अमयंग कर उष्ण जल से स्नान करावे। तदनंतर उस स्त्री को सुख शरया (बिछैना) पर दोनों
Indicated for, as the text says
- Embryology and conception (garbha)(सद्य:प्रसूत / निकट प्रसवा)
भावार्थ : जब स्त्री के प्रसव के लिए अत्यन्त निकट समय आ गया हो उस समय उस केSource wording as converted, Chapter 23 · p. 547 · v. 27-28.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: The midwife has her bear down gently at first and strongly only when the birth is imminent, working with great care.
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
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The text itself assigns the delivery to a skilled, experienced midwife.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 23
- Extraction tasks
- T26
- Record id
- method_prasava_vidhi_p619