Stage-wise treatment of inflammatory swelling

The unripe (ama) swelling is to be calmed by applying pastes of drugs that pacify the doshas. The burning (vidagdha) swelling is to be ripened by binding on poultices of strong ripening (pachana) drugs. The ripe (pakva) swelling is to be pressed well with pressing drugs, opened (bhedana) and cleansed (shodhana), and bound with a bandage tied very loose, tight or medium, as each place needs.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: शोथोपशमन विधि
Hindi: शोथ उपशमन विधि
English: Stage-wise treatment of inflammatory swelling

Ingredients and preparation

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How it is used

Pastes and poultices on the swelling; pressing, incision, cleansing and bandaging of the ripe swelling.

पीडन अैषधियों द्वारा पीडित कर अैर भेदन (भिद) कर एकदम ढीला, कस के या मधयम (न जयादा

Indicated for, as the text says

Swelling and oedema (shotha)(आम, विदग्ध, पक्व शोथ)

Therapies involvedPaste application (lepa)लेप लगाना Poultice (upanaha)उपनाह (पुल्टिस)Digestive therapy (pachana)पाचन चिकित्सा Surgery (shastra karma)शस्त्रकर्म (शल्य क्रिया)Purification therapy (shodhana)शोधन चिकित्सा Bandaging (bandhana)बंधन (पट्टी बांधना)

Organs mentionedSkinत्वचा

भावार्थ : आम शोथ को दोषों को प्रशमन करने वाले अैषधियों से लेपन कर उपशांत करनाSource wording as converted, Chapter 23 · p. 561 · v. 84.

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.

Therapies involved6

Bandaging (bandhana)बंधन (पट्टी बांधना)Digestive therapy (pachana)पाचन चिकित्सा Paste application (lepa)लेप लगाना Poultice (upanaha)उपनाह (पुल्टिस)Purification therapy (shodhana)शोधन चिकित्सा Surgery (shastra karma)शस्त्रकर्म (शल्य क्रिया)

Discussed in topics2

Special signs of ripeness in kapha swellingकफजन्य शोथ के विशेष पक्व लक्षण Treatment of swelling by stageशोथ उपशमन विधि

Indicated for1

Swelling and oedema (shotha)शोथ (सूजन)

Organs mentioned1

Skinत्वचा

Questions1

What are the three stages of an inflammatory swelling, and how is each treated?व्रणशोथ की तीन अवस्थाएँ कौन सी हैं, और प्रत्येक की चिकित्सा कैसे की जाती है?

Sessions1

Treating mishaps of all proceduresसर्वौषधकर्मव्यापच्चिकित्सित

Questions and answers

What are the three stages of an inflammatory swelling, and how is each treated?

Unripe (ama): hard, slightly painful, of healthy skin colour, slightly warm and cold; it is calmed with dosha-pacifying pastes. Burning (vidagdha): severe pain, great heat, discolouration, tension like an inflated bag, thirst and aversion to food; it is ripened with poultices of strong ripening drugs. Ripe (pakva): pain calmed, soft, pale, itching, pus moving under pressure; it is pressed, opened, cleansed and bandaged.

Detailed answer and sources

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