After oleation, sudation, emesis, purgation, oil and decoction enemas, bloodletting or head purgation, the text tells the patient to keep away for one month from unsuited, dosha-provoking activities and to take water and all food prepared with drugs that pacify his own dosha, so that the digestive fire grows.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- स्नेहनादिकर्मकृत पथ्यापथ्य
- Hindi
- स्नेहनादि कर्म के बाद पथ्यापथ्य
- English
- Regimen after oleation and the other major procedures
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Water (jala)जल (पानी) | भेषजसिद्दजल / अैषध सिद्द जल | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Water and food are prepared with drugs that pacify the patient's own dosha.
समेकं निजदोषसंशमन - भेषजसिद्दजलाद्यशोषमा।
How it is used
The prepared water and food are taken to raise the digestive fire.
हारमुदाहराम्यनुपमागम - चोदितमग्निवृद्दये॥ 9॥
Duration as written
one month · एक मास तक
जिस रोगी को स्नेहन, तापन, स्वेदन विरेचन, अनुवासन, आस्थापन, रक्रमो़ाण,Source wording as converted, Chapter 20 · p. 445 · v. 8-9.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: Anger, sexual intercourse, sitting long, much walking, standing long, overexertion, loud speech, grief, heavy food, riding in vehicles, sun, cold water, much wind, day sleep and other unsuited, dosha-provoking things are to be avoided.
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
What should a patient avoid after oleation, purgation, enemas, bloodletting and the like, and for how long?
For one month: anger, sex, long sitting, much walking or standing, overexertion, loud speech, grief, heavy food, riding, sun, cold water, strong wind, day sleep and other unsuited things.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Aftercare of the major purification procedures. The commentary's list reads स्वेदन where the verse has वमन (emesis); head purgation is linked to method_nasya.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 20
- Extraction tasks
- T22
- Record id
- method_snehanadi_karma_pathyapathya_p517