Severe thirst is overcome with warm water in the vata kind, with cold water in the pitta kind, and with pungent, bitter and astringent drugs in the kapha kind, while causing emesis.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- वातादिज तृष्णा चिकित्सा
- English
- Dosha-wise treatment of thirst
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Warm water (ushnodaka)गरम पानी (उष्णोदक) | अहिमवारि / गरम पानी | Not stated |
| Water (jala)जल (पानी) | शीतलतोय / ठणडा पानी | Not stated |
How it is used
Warm water for vata, cold water for pitta, pungent, bitter and astringent drugs for kapha, with emesis.
वातिकीमहिमवारिभरूद्यत्पैत्तिकीमपि च शीतलतोयै:॥ शलैष्मिकीं कटुकतिक्रकषायैर्वामयिौाह जयेदुरुतृष्णाम्॥
Indicated for, as the text says
- Morbid thirst (trishna)(वातज, पित्तज, कफज तृष्णा)
Effect on the doshas, as stated
Vata: pacifiesPitta: pacifiesKapha: pacifies
Therapies involvedTherapeutic emesis (vamana)वमन कर्म
वातज तृष्णा में गरम पानी से, पित्तज में ठणडे पानी से, कफज में कटु, तिक्रकषायरस युक्र अैषधियों से वमन कराता हुआ भयंकर तृष्णा को जीतनी चाहिए।Source wording as converted, Chapter 16 · p. 330 · v. 33.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.
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- It is not clear from the wording whether emesis applies to all three kinds or only to kapha thirst.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 16
- Extraction tasks
- T16
- Record id
- method_trishna_doshaja_p402