For excessive purgation the patient is quickly sprinkled or bathed with cold water; the verse adds emesis with cold liquorice decoction; asthapana enemas of very cold milk and ghee and anuvasana enemas of milk and ghee are given, along with the medicines and diet laid down for diarrhoea.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- विरेचन अतियोग में शीतल उपचार और दूध-घी की बस्ति
- English
- Cooling care and milk-ghee enemas for excessive purgation
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Water (jala)जल (पानी) | शीतलजलै: / शीतल जल | Not stated |
| Yashtimadhu (licorice)मुलेठी (यष्टिमधु) | यष्टीकषायै: (श्लोक) | Not stated |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | ़ीर / दूध | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | आजय / घी | Not stated |
How it is used
Cold-water sprinkling, emesis with cold liquorice decoction, then milk-ghee asthapana and anuvasana enemas.
ठंडे दूध व घी से आस्थापन बस्ति अैर इन्हीं से प्रसिद्द अनुवासन बस्ति भी देवें।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Complications of purification therapies(विरेचनातियोग)
यैस्संछर्दनमाचरेदतिहिम़ीराजयकास्थापनम्॥ 69॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 22 · p. 514 · v. 69-70.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
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The verse names an emesis with cold liquorice decoction that the commentary leaves out; the commentary speaks of bathing or sprinkling (तरेडा) with cold water.
Quick facts
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- Procedure
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- Chapter 22
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