Coryza that has ripened over time and has thick phlegm is drained with nasal medication.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- पक्व प्रतिश्याय में नस्य
- English
- Nasal medication for ripened coryza
Ingredients and preparation
How it is used
Nasal medication to drain the phlegm.
पक्वंकालाfनतरकफं स्रावयेौास्यवर्गै:
Indicated for, as the text says
- Common cold (pratishyaya)(पक्व प्रतिश्याय, गाढा कफ)
Effect on the doshas, as stated
Kapha: pacifies
Therapies involvedNasal therapy (nasya)नस्य कर्म
Organs mentionedNoseनाक (नासिका)
कालांतर में जो पक्व हो गया है जिसका कफ गाढा होता है, उसे नस्यप्रयोग करके बहाना चाहिए।Source wording as converted, Chapter 16 · p. 345 · v. 96.Questions and answers
How does the text treat new coryza compared with ripened coryza?
New, unripe coryza is calmed with ghee prepared by dosha; ripened coryza with thick phlegm is drained by nasal medication.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
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Extraction notes
- The nasal drugs (नस्यवर्ग) are not itemised.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 16
- Extraction tasks
- T16
- Record id
- method_pratishyaya_nasya_p417