The patient with vata-type enlargement is purged with an unctuous purgative; castor oil mixed with milk is especially helpful; otherwise niruha and anuvasana enemas are given.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- वातवृद्धि विरेचन
- Hindi
- वातज अण्डवृद्धि में विरेचन
- English
- Purgation for vata-type scrotal enlargement
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Castor oil (eranda taila)अरंडी का तेल (एरण्ड तैल) | एरणडजतैल / एरणड तैल | Not stated |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | दुग्ध / दूध | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | स्निग्ध विरेचन (विरेचक घृत आदि) | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Castor oil is mixed with milk.
दूध में एरणड तैल मिलाकर पिलाना अत्यन्त हितकर है।
How it is used
Drunk to bring about purgation; alternatively niruha and anuvasana enemas are used.
अथवा निरूह व अनुवासन बस्ति का प्रयोग करना चाहिए।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Scrotal swelling (vriddhi)(वातोत्पौा अणडवृद्दि)
Therapies involvedTherapeutic purgation (virechana)विरेचन (जुलाब)Decoction enema (niruha basti)निरूह बस्तिOil enema (anuvasana basti)अनुवासन बस्ति
Organs mentionedTestes and male reproductive organsअंडकोष और पुरुष जननांग
सदुग्धमेरणडजतैलमेव वा। निरूहयेद्वाप्यनुवासयेद्भृशम्॥ 80॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 13 · p. 238 · v. 80.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 because it is purgation or enema therapy.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Remedy
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 13
- Extraction tasks
- T11
- Record id
- remedy_eranda_taila_p310_1