Mouth cleansing measures for virasa

Washing the mouth with dosha-countering decoctions of opposite taste, cleaning the teeth with suitable sticks, holding liquids, gargling and head purgation are used for virasa.

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Names and synonyms

Hindi: विरस में मुखप्रक्षालन, दंतधावन, कवल, गण्डूष, शिरोविरेचन
English: Mouth cleansing measures for virasa

Ingredients and preparation

Decoction (kwatha)Mouth and garglesChapter 16 · p. 328 · v. 27

Preparation as described

Decoctions are prepared from drugs that counter the dosha and the present taste.

तत्तद्रोषनाशक व मुख के रस से विपरीत रस से युक्र अैषधि से सिद्द कषायों से मुख को धोना चाहिए

How it is used

Applied in the mouth; head purgation is nasal.

प्ऱालयेत्तदनुरूपकषायै:

Indicated for, as the text says

Taste disturbance (virasa)(विरस)

Therapies involvedTooth cleaning (dantadhavana)दंतधावन (दातुन)Gargling and oil pulling (gandusha, kavala)गंडूष (कुल्ला)Nasal therapy (nasya)नस्य कर्म

Organs mentionedMouth, teeth and gumsमुख, दांत और मसूड़े

अनुकूल दंतुन से दंतधावन योग्य अैषधि से कवलधारण, गणडूष व शिरोविरेचन कराना हितकर होता है।Source wording as converted, Chapter 16 · p. 328 · v. 27.

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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