For vishuchika arising with strong vata, the text advises burning at the heels and drinking very hot-natured drugs mixed in hot water.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- विषूचिका में पार्ष्णि दहन
- English
- Cautery at the heels for vishuchika
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Warm water (ushnodaka)गरम पानी (उष्णोदक) | अहिमतोय / उष्ण जल | Not stated |
How it is used
Burning is done at the heels; hot-natured drugs are drunk in hot water.
पाष्र्णि स्थान मंे जलाना चाहिए एवं महान् उष्ण अैषधियों को उष्ण जल में मिलाकर पिलाना भी हितकर है।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Visuchika (acute gastroenteritis)(प्रबलवातयुतातिविषूचिका)
Therapies involvedCauterisation (agnikarma)अग्निकर्म (दागना)
दहनमत्रा हितं निजपाष्र्णिषु। प्रबलवातयुतातिविषूचिका-।Source wording as converted, Chapter 17 · p. 354 · v. 36.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_visuchika_dahana_p426