Purification for breathing disorders

For a strong shvasa patient, emesis is given first and then oil enema and the other purifications; a weak patient is given pacifying medicines instead.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: श्वासिनां शुद्धि
Hindi: श्वास रोगी की शुद्धि
English: Purification for breathing disorders

Ingredients and preparation

OtherOtherChapter 16 · p. 324 · v. 9

How it is used

Emesis first, then oil enema and other purifications, in strong patients only.

छर्दनं प्रतिविधाय पुरस्तात्। स्नेहबस्तिविगतां च विशुद्दिम्॥

Indicated for, as the text says

Breathlessness and asthma (shvasa)(शवासिनाम्)

Therapies involvedTherapeutic emesis (vamana)वमन कर्म Oil enema (anuvasana basti)अनुवासन बस्ति Purification therapy (shodhana)शोधन चिकित्सा Palliative therapy (shamana)शमन चिकित्सा

बलवान शवास रोगी को पहले वमन कराकर स्नेह बस्ति आदि अन्य शुद्दियों की योजना करनी चाहिए।Source wording as converted, Chapter 16 · p. 324 · v. 9.

Safety

Needs a trained practitioner. This procedure or preparation is of a kind that should only be carried out under qualified supervision.
Caution in the text: A weak patient is to be treated with pacifying medicines only.

Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.

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