Bathing is said to give contentment, nourishment, lustre, health and long life, purity and balance of the doshas, to kindle the digestive fire, remove lethargy and sleepiness, calm sin and purify the body, and to create a strong desire for food; so the purifying bath should always be taken.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- पवित्र स्नान
- English
- The purifying bath
Ingredients and preparation
External applicationChapter 6 · p. 75 · v. 12-13
How it is used
A bath is taken daily as part of the regimen; the text gives no further detail of how.
इसलिए पवित्र स्नान अवश्य करना चाहिये।
Effect on the doshas, as stated
Vata: balancesPitta: balancesKapha: balances
Therapies involvedBathing (snana)स्नान
तुिंष्टं पुिंष्टंकांतिमारोग्यमायुस्सैम्यं दोषाणां साम्यमग्नेशच दीप्तिम्।Source wording as converted, Chapter 6 · p. 75 · v. 12-13.Safety
- Contraindication in the text: One should not bathe when vomiting, with ear pain, a distended abdomen, indigestion, eye disease, pīnasa that has just begun, diarrhoea or fever, or right after eating.
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
- Contraindications are from verse 13. The dosha entry reflects the stated balance of the doshas (दोषाणां साम्यम्).
Quick facts
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