After judging the dominant dosha, head diseases are treated with venesection, head purgation, heating, binding, medicated mouthfuls (kavala) and plasters, each as suits the causing dosha.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- शिरोरोग चिकित्सा
- Hindi
- शिरोरोग चिकित्सा
- English
- Line of treatment for head diseases
Ingredients and preparation
How it is used
Procedures on the head, nose and mouth chosen by dosha.
कवलधारण, लेपन आदि विधियों से उनकी चिकित्सा करनी चाहिए।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Head disorders (shiroroga)(उग्रशिरोगतामयान् / भयंकर शिरोरोग)
Therapies involvedBloodletting (raktamokshana)रक्तमोक्षणNasal therapy (nasya)नस्य कर्मSudation therapy (svedana)स्वेदन (सेंक)Bandaging (bandhana)बंधन (पट्टी बांधना)Gargling and oil pulling (gandusha, kavala)गंडूष (कुल्ला)Paste application (lepa)लेप लगाना
Organs mentionedHeadसिर (शिर)
(जिस दोष से शिरोरोग की उत्पत्ति हुइर् हो उसके अनुकूल) सिरा मो़ाण, शिरो विरेचन, तापन, बंधन,Source wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 261 · 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.
Questions and answers
Which ten kinds of head disease does chapter 15 describe?
Those from vata, pitta, kapha, blood and all doshas together, plus suryavarta, ardhavabhedaka, shankhaka, the worm-caused type and the depletion type.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Head purgation (शिरोविरेचन) is linked to method_nasya and kavala to method_gandusha.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T13
- Record id
- method_shiroroga_chikitsa_p333