Emesis is given in the moderate season (the commentary: the early rains, autumn and spring, without great cold or heat), on the morning after the evening meal, by giving emetic drugs as pastes (kalka), decoctions (kashaya), powders or fats in a suitable dose after judging the measure.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- वमन का काल व औषध-रूप
- English
- Time and forms of emetic medicine
Ingredients and preparation
Taken by mouthChapter 22 · p. 503 · v. 35
How it is used
Emetic drugs given by mouth in the morning in a suitable dose.
वमनकारक अैषधियों के कल्क, कषाय, चूर्ण, स्नेह, इत्यादिकों को योग्य प्रमाण में सेवन कराकर वमन योग्य रोगियों को वमन कराना चाहिए।
Therapies involvedTherapeutic emesis (vamana)वमन कर्म
कल्कै: कषायैरपि चूर्णयोगै: स्नेहादिभिर्वा खलु वामयेत्तान्॥ 35॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 22 · p. 503 · v. 35.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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