Vata lodged in the head is treated by oil massage of the head and an oil-soaked pad kept on it, nasya with a medicated oil, pastes of the same drugs, warm sudation with nut grass, bitter ridge gourd and coriander, poultices, shirobasti and bloodletting.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- शिरोगत वायु की चिकित्सा
- English
- Treatment of vata lodged in the head
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | तैल | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The head is massaged with oil and a pad (pichu) soaked in oil is kept on it.
मस्तकगत वायु को मस्तक में तैल मालिश करना व तैल भिगोया गया पिचु (पोये) रखना
How it is used
Further measures are nasya with the medicated oil, pastes, warm sudation, poultices, shirobasti and bloodletting.
विधिपूर्वक उपनाह(पुलटिश) करना, योग्य शिरोबस्ति व रक्रमो़ाण करना इत्यादि उपायों से जीतना चाहिए।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Vata disorders (vatavyadhi)(शिरोगत वायु / मस्तकगत वायु)
- Head disorders (shiroroga)(उत्तमांगस्थित अनिल)
Effect on the doshas, as stated
शिरोगतमिहानिलं शिरसि तैलसंतर्पणै। र्विपPवरतैलनस्यविधिना जयेत्संततम्॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 8 · p. 122 · v. 66-67.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
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The commentary is on PDF page 195 (book page 123). Shirobasti is only named, not described.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 8
- Extraction tasks
- T05
- Record id
- method_shirogata_vata_chikitsa_p194