In health, oil is put on the head. The verse says it satisfies the senses and softens the hair; the commentary says it calms the senses, softens the hair and keeps the head cool. Both say it destroys all skin diseases.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- मस्तक में तेल लगानातैलाभ्यंग
- English
- Putting oil on the head
Ingredients and preparation
External applicationChapter 6 · p. 73 · v. 4
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | तैल / तेल | Not stated |
How it is used
Oil is applied to the head while one is healthy.
स्वस्थावस्था में मस्तक में तेल लगाना चाहिए।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Kushtha (chronic skin diseases)(चर्मगत सर्व रोग / त्वग्गत रोग)
Therapies involvedOil massage (abhyanga)अभ्यंग (तेल मालिश)
दद्यात्ौलं मस्तके स्वस्थकाले। कुर्यादेतत्तर्पणं चेंद्रियाणाम्।Source wording as converted, Chapter 6 · p. 73 · v. 4.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The skin diseases are mapped to condition_kushtha, whose lexicon entry covers skin disease generally.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
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- Chapters
- Chapter 6
- Extraction tasks
- T04
- Record id
- method_shiro_abhyanga_p145