Ripening and purifying measures for coryza

To ripen coryza, sudation, massage, gargles with dry ginger, black pepper, long pepper and the like, and emesis and other purifications are applied.

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Names and synonyms

Hindi: प्रतिश्याय में स्वेद, अभ्यंग, गण्डूष, वमन
English: Ripening and purifying measures for coryza

Ingredients and preparation

OtherOtherChapter 16 · p. 344 · v. 96

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल)	त्रिकटु / सोंठ, मिरच, पीपल	Not stated

How it is used

Sudation, massage, gargles and emesis.

स्वेदामयंगत्रिकटुबहुगणडूषणै: शोधनाद्यै:॥

Indicated for, as the text says

Common cold (pratishyaya)(प्रतिश्याय (पाक्वार्थ))

Therapies involvedSudation therapy (svedana)स्वेदन (सेंक)Oil massage (abhyanga)अभ्यंग (तेल मालिश)Gargling and oil pulling (gandusha, kavala)गंडूष (कुल्ला)Therapeutic emesis (vamana)वमन कर्म Purification therapy (shodhana)शोधन चिकित्सा

(पाक्वार्थ) स्वेद, अमयंग (मालिश), सोंठ, मिरच, पीपल आदि से गणडूष, वमन आदि शुद्दि विधान का प्रयोग करना चाहिए।Source wording as converted, Chapter 16 · p. 344 · v. 96.

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.

Therapies involved5