A drug mass cooked with vata-reducing drugs, oil, buttermilk, curd, milk and sour substances is spread thickly on the part, and a blanket, cloth or vata-reducing leaves such as castor and arka are bound over it to bring out sweat; this is called binding a poultice.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- उपनाहस्वेदबन्धनस्वेद
- Hindi
- उपनाह (बंधन) स्वेदपुल्टिस बाँधना
- English
- Poultice sudation (upanaha sveda)
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | तैल | Not stated |
| Buttermilk (takra)छाछ (तक्र) | ताक1 / तक्र | Not stated |
| Curd (dadhi)दही (दधि) | दही | Not stated |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | दूध | Not stated |
| Eranda (castor plant)एरंड (एरण्ड) | एरणड पत्तियाँ | Not stated |
| Arka (calotropis)आक (अर्क) | अर्कादि पत्तियाँ | Not stated |
Preparation as described
A drug mass is prepared with vata-reducing drugs, oil, buttermilk, curd, milk and sour substances.
उपनाह (बंधन) स्वेद - वातघन अैषधि, तैल, ताक1, दही, दूध अम्ल पदार्थ आदि से
How it is used
Spread thickly on the part and covered with a blanket, cloth or leaves bound over it.
अर्कादि पत्तियों को बाँधकर (इसी को पुलटिश बाँधना कहते हैं) जो पसीना निकाला जाता है, उसे
Indicated for, as the text says
- Vata disorders (vatavyadhi)(कफयुक्र वात)
तापबंधनमहोष्मनिजारुयै:। स्वेदनै: कफयुताद्धुतवातम्॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 12 · p. 194 · v. 6.Questions and answers
What are the four kinds of sudation described in chapter 12, and which suit vata joined with kapha?
Heat (tapa), binding (upanaha), steam (ushma) and liquid (drava); heat, binding and steam sudation suit vata joined with kapha.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Footnote 1 on ताक refers the reader to verse 7.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 12
- Extraction tasks
- T10
- Record id
- method_upanaha_sveda_p266