The insane patient is oleated and sweated according to the doshas, purified by emesis and purgation, and then given sharp avapida nasya, head purgation and foul-smelling fumigation.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- उन्माद में शोधन, तीक्ष्ण नस्य और धूपन
- English
- Purification, strong nasya and fumigation in insanity
Ingredients and preparation
How it is used
Oleation and sudation, emesis and purgation, then nasal drops, head purgation and fumigation.
फिर उसे अनेक प्रकार के ती़ण अवपीठननस्य, शिरोविरेचन अैर दुगँधयुक्र धुन के प्रयोग से चिकित्सा करनी चाहिए।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Insanity (unmada)(उन्मादबाधित)
Therapies involvedOleation therapy (snehana)स्नेहनSudation therapy (svedana)स्वेदन (सेंक)Therapeutic emesis (vamana)वमन कर्मTherapeutic purgation (virechana)विरेचन (जुलाब)Nasal therapy (nasya)नस्य कर्मFumigation (dhupana)धूपन (धूनी)
Organs mentionedBrain and nervous systemमस्तिष्क और तंत्रिका तंत्र
ती़णावपीडनशतै: शिरसो विरेकै:। धुपैस्सपूतिभिरत: समुपक्रमेत॥ 108॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 17 · p. 372 · v. 108.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.
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- Procedure
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- Chapter 17
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