Doshas accumulated by the seasons are to be removed at the time of their aggravation: vata by enema, pitta by purgation and kapha by emesis. The editor adds that elimination should start in the second month of the aggravating season (vata in Śrāvaṇa, pitta in Mārgaśīrṣa, kapha in Caitra) and only when the aggravation is strong, milder aggravation being handled with digestives and fasting.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- प्रकोप काल में दोषों का संशोधन
- English
- Seasonal elimination of aggravated doshas
Ingredients and preparation
Therapies involvedEnema therapy (basti)बस्ति कर्म (एनिमा)Therapeutic purgation (virechana)विरेचन (जुलाब)Therapeutic emesis (vamana)वमन कर्मPurification therapy (shodhana)शोधन चिकित्साLightening therapy and fasting (langhana)लंघन (उपवास)Digestive therapy (pachana)पाचन चिकित्सा
इस प्रकार संचित दोषों को इनके प्रकोप समय में वात को बस्तिकर्म से पित्त को विरेचन से, कफ को वमन से शोधन करना चाहिए।Source wording as converted, Chapter 4 · p. 46 · v. 8.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: Elimination by enema and similar procedures is to be done only when the dosha is very strongly aggravated; moderate or slight aggravation is to be overcome with digestives and fasting.
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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