For a patient with severe pain of vata-type heart disease, the text says emesis is induced by giving warm water mixed with long pepper and mustard.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- वातज हृद्रोग में वमन
- English
- Emesis for vata-type heart disease
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Pippali (long pepper)पीपल (पिप्पली) | मगधज / पीपल | Not stated |
| Mustard seed (sarshapa)सरसों (सर्षप) | सर्षप / सरसों | Not stated |
| Warm water (ushnodaka)गरम पानी (उष्णोदक) | अहिमवारि / गरम पानी | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Long pepper and mustard are mixed with warm water.
पीपल सरसोंे से मिला हुआ गरम पानी
How it is used
Drunk to induce emesis.
गरम पानी पिलाकर वमन कराना चाहिए।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Heart disorders (hridroga)(वातज ह्द्रोग)
Therapies involvedTherapeutic emesis (vamana)वमन कर्म
Organs mentionedHeart and cardiovascular systemहृदय और रक्त-संवहनी तंत्र
मगधजान्वितसर्षपमिश्रितै-। रहिमवारिभिरेव च वामयेत्॥ 5॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 17 · p. 348 · v. 5.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
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Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 17
- Extraction tasks
- T17
- Record id
- method_vataja_hridroga_vamana_p420