For vata spread through the whole body, the patient is sweated by sitting in a decoction of vata-pacifying drugs (avagahana) and by lying on a heap of cooked grain, and an enema is given afterwards.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- सर्वदेहाश्रितवात स्वेदन
- Hindi
- सर्वदेहगत वात में अवगाहन और धान्यराशि स्वेद
- English
- Sudation for vata pervading the whole body
Ingredients and preparation
External applicationChapter 12 · p. 195 · v. 8
How it is used
Immersion and grain-bed sudation, followed by enema therapy.
काढे में रोगी को अवगाहन1, (बैठालना) व पके हुए धान्यसमूह के ऊपर सुलाना2 आदि क्रियाओं के
Indicated for, as the text says
- Vata disorders (vatavyadhi)(सर्वदेहसंश्रितवात / सर्वदेह में व्याप्त वात)
Therapies involvedSudation therapy (svedana)स्वेदन (सेंक)Bathing (snana)स्नानEnema therapy (basti)बस्ति कर्म (एनिमा)
पक्वधान्यनिचयास्तरणाद्यै:। स्वेदयेत्कुरुत बस्तिविधानम्॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 12 · p. 195 · v. 8.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.
All references
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Extraction notes
- Footnote 1-2 says both procedures were explained under steam and liquid sudation. The supervision flag is for the enema.
Quick facts
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- Procedure
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- Chapter 12
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