A well-born, poor prameha patient whose disease is hard to cure is advised to leave villages, towns and other settlements and go on pilgrimage on foot, which gives him exertion.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- पैदल तीर्थयात्रा (प्रमेहजयार्थ)
- English
- Pilgrimage on foot to overcome prameha
Ingredients and preparation
How it is used
The physician tells the patient kindly to walk on pilgrimage regularly.
जिसका रोग कृच्छ्रसाधय है, एेसा प्रमेही यदि कुलीन हो एवं धनहीन हो तो उसे ग्राम नगरादिक को छोडकर पैदल तीर्थयात्रा करने के लिए कहें, जिससे उसे श्रम होता है।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Prameha (urinary-metabolic disorders)(प्रमेहिनं / कृच्छ्रसाधय प्रमेही)
Therapies involvedExercise (vyayama)व्यायाम
मडंबघोषाकरपट्टणादिकान्। विह्त्य नित्यं व्रज तीर्थयात्राया॥ 41॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 11 · p. 165 · v. 41.Questions and answers
What kinds of exertion does the text prescribe for prameha patients?
Constant exertion such as riding elephants and horses, weapon practice and running; a poor well-born patient is sent on pilgrimage on foot, and a poor patient of low birth digs wells and tanks and tends cattle.
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- Chapter 11
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