Tapa sweating is fomenting the body of the lying patient with heated cloth, the palm of the hand and the like, or with embers. The commentary says the first two kinds (tapa and ushma) chiefly pacify kapha.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- तापस्वेद
- Hindi
- तापस्वेद
- English
- Heat sweating (tapa sveda)
Ingredients and preparation
How it is used
Dry heat applied to the body.
वस्त्र हथैली इत्यादि को गरम कर (लेटे हुए मनुष्य के अंग को) सेकने को या अंगार से सेंकने को “तापस्वेद” कहते हैं।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Kapha disorders(कफप्रशमन)
Effect on the doshas, as stated
वस्त्राग्निपाणितलतापनमेव ताप:Source wording as converted, Chapter 22 · p. 500 · v. 23.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
What are the four kinds of sweating described, and what is each said to suit?
Heat (tapa), steam (ushma), poultice (bandhana or upanaha) and liquid (drava) sweating; tapa and ushma chiefly pacify kapha, the poultice destroys vata, and liquid sweating suits vata or kapha mixed with raktapitta.
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Quick facts
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- Procedure
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- Chapters
- Chapter 22
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- T24
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