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हिन्दी: विजयसार · मराठी: असणा

हिन्दी: विजयसार · मराठी: असणा

हिन्दी: विजयसार, दुपहरिया का वृक्ष, गेजूनिया का वृक्ष · मराठी: दुपारी, आसणा, बिबळा

Aggravated vata spread through the whole body is to be calmed by asthapana and anuvasana enemas given in due order.

When an oil enema given to an unprepared body stays in the belly and causes heaviness, distaste, bloating and colic, the verse prescribes an asthapana enema at the end of the oil enema's…

As an example of Samantabhadra's technical terms the editor explains Ratnatrayauṣadha: in ordinary usage it might mean a medicine made from three gems such as diamond, but in Jain doctrine…

A weak, small or very mild oil enema given to one whose body has not been prepared by sweating, purgation and the like does not come back; the oil stays in the belly and causes heaviness,…

A person with a dry body and strongly aggravated doshas is given two, three or more anuvasana enemas; when the body has become unctuous, niruha is given by the rule after weighing the…

After the bowel has been cleansed by niruha, the patient is bathed in warm water, given a light meal prepared with dosha-pacifying medicines and then given an anuvasana enema by rule. To…

Before an anuvasana enema the patient is fed, according to his usual diet, with milk, khala and similar foods a quarter less than his usual measure. A person whose body is impure is first…

Even when an anuvasana enema is used, no fault such as weak digestion arises in food and digestion, so the great sages call it the principal enema. The author announces that he will…

The patient is first given a proper oil massage and a warm-water bath, then fed as the science directs, and the anuvasana enema with rock salt and shatapushpa powder is given skilfully. He…

The text gives the sneha for an anuvasana enema as half the measure of fluid stated for niruha. It is never given to one who has not eaten, since on an empty bowel it rises upward and…

After a good purgation, once seven days have passed and the patient has regained strength, wholesome food is given and the sneha (anuvasana) enema is applied by a physician learned in the…

On an empty bowel the oil rises upward and causes faults, so the patient is first fed suitable food and the enema is given while his hand is still wet.

हिन्दी: असन वृक्ष, विजयसार · मराठी: हेदाचा वृक्ष, थोर राळेचा वृक्ष, असनाचे झाड

हिन्दी: जीवक (अष्टवर्ग औषधि), विजयसार · मराठी: बिबळा

हिन्दी: असगंध · मराठी: आसंध

Complications of the oil enema that the text describes when the oil is overpowered by doshas, food or wastes, rises upward, is given to an unprepared body or a light eater, or flows out too…

Nasya and anointing with sharp mustard oil are given, and the patient is frightened with harmless snakes, grass, fire, water, thieves, elephants and other trained acts.

Black pepper (verse ūṣaṇa) is listed among vegetables described as hot and sharp, especially removing kapha and vata, kindling digestion and always provoking blood disorders.

Excessive use of pungent things is listed among the causes of pitta aggravation.

Sunn hemp (san) flowers are listed among flowers said to increase vata and kapha, calm pitta and blood, and expel worms from the belly.