Purgation and other procedures in vata-type abhishyanda

After oleation the patient with vata-type abhishyanda is purged and given venesection and enema; nasya, putapaka, tarpana, smoking, sudation and leaf bandaging are also applied.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: वाताभिष्यन्दे विरेचनादि
Hindi: वाताभिष्यंद में विरेचन आदि प्रयोग
English: Purgation and other procedures in vata-type abhishyanda

Ingredients and preparation

OtherChapter 15 · p. 287 · v. 133

How it is used

A sequence of whole-body and local eye procedures.

नस्य प्रयोग, पाक तैल तर्पण, धूमन, स्वेदन व पत्र बंधन आदि विधि करनी

Indicated for, as the text says

Conjunctivitis (abhishyanda)(वाताभिष्यंद)

Therapies involvedOleation therapy (snehana)स्नेहन Therapeutic purgation (virechana)विरेचन (जुलाब)Bloodletting (raktamokshana)रक्तमोक्षण Enema therapy (basti)बस्ति कर्म (एनिमा)Nasal therapy (nasya)नस्य कर्म Eye nourishing therapy (tarpana, putapaka)तर्पण (नेत्र तर्पण)Medicated smoke inhalation (dhumapana)धूमपान (औषधि धूम)Sudation therapy (svedana)स्वेदन (सेंक)Bandaging (bandhana)बंधन (पट्टी बांधना)

Organs mentionedEyesआंखें (नेत्र)

इसके बाद रोगी को स्नेहन करके विरेचन कराना चाहिए। सिरा विमो़ा व बस्तिकर्मSource wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 287 · v. 133.

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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