Intermittent fevers are treated with the medicines prescribed for the dosha concerned, used directly and as ghee, oil, milk and special dishes prepared with them, given as massage, nasya, collyrium and drinks.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- विषम ज्वर चिकित्सा
- English
- Treatment of intermittent fevers
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घृत | Not stated |
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | तेल | Not stated |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | दूध | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Ghee, oil, milk and dishes are prepared with the dosha-specific medicines.
तत्तदैषधियों द्वारा सिद्द किए गए घृत, तेल, दूध व्यंजन विशोष आदि के
How it is used
Given as massage, nasya, collyrium, drinks and the like.
अमयंग, नस्य, अंजन, पान इत्यादि कराने से एकांतरा, संतत1, सतत अन्येद्युष्क, तृतीयक, चतुर्थकादि विषमजवर नष्ट होते हैं।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Intermittent fever (vishama jvara)(एकांतरादि विषमजवर)
दोषानुरूपकभितैषधतत्प्रयोगै:। प्रत्येकसिद्दघृततैलपय:खलाम्लै:॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 9 · p. 141 · v. 75.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
- Supervision flag set because nasya is among the measures.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 9
- Extraction tasks
- T05
- Record id
- method_vishamajvara_chikitsa_p213