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Therapy
Decoction enema (niruha basti)
निरूह बस्ति · निरूह
The decoction enema is called niruha because it removes all the doshas, and asthapana because it preserves youth (vayasthapana).
Formulation
Decoction enema for pitta-type udara
पित्तोदर निरूह बस्ति
Lukewarm decoction enemas of trees, rich in sugar, milk and ghee, given to the pitta-type udara patient.
Procedure
Decoction enema for prameha after purgation
प्रमेही के लिए निरूह बस्ति
After purgation the prameha patient is given a niruha (decoction) enema prepared from niruhana drugs mixed with cow urine and sesame oil, and is then fed on the prescribed foods.
Topic
Decoction enema in pitta-type udara
पित्तोदर में निरूह बस्ति · पैत्तिकोदर में निरूह बस्ति
Decoction enemas of lukewarm tree decoctions rich in sugar, milk and ghee are given; after the bowel is cleansed, the abdomen is smeared with ghee and a poultice cooked with milk is bound…
Formulation
Cow-urine decoction enema for kapha-type udara
कफोदर निरूह बस्ति
A lukewarm decoction enema of cow urine, cow milk, the three pungents, triphala and other enema drugs for kapha-type udara, with kapha-relieving poultices.
Topic
Signs of a successful decoction enema
सम्यक् निरूह के लक्षण · सुनिरूढ लक्षण
A niruha enema has acted well when first the fluid given and then stool, vata, pitta and kapha come out in order and the disease subsides. If these signs do not appear, three enemas are…
Topic
Use of the decoction enema
निरूह बस्ति का प्रयोग · निरूहबस्ति प्रयोग
Right after purgation the patient is given a niruha enema of niruhana drugs mixed with cow urine and sesame oil; once his body is cleansed he is treated with the foods described next.
Principle
Agni (digestive fire)
अग्नि (जठराग्नि) · जठराग्नि
The introduction says the digestion of the six tastes of food just eaten stimulates the pācaka pitta; in the āmāśaya the pācaka pitta and the kledaka kapha are released and gradually mix…
Formulation
Ghee with vida salt, vacha and madhushigru for udara
बिडलवणादि घृत (उदर में)
Ghee cooked with a decoction and paste of vida salt, vacha and madhushigru is given to the mahodara patient to drink, who is then purged with tilvaka ghee and given a decoction enema with…
Topic
Do's and don'ts after oleation and the other procedures
स्नेहनादि कर्म कराने वालों के लिए पथ्यापथ्य · स्नेहनादि कर्मकृत मर्त्यों को पथ्यापथ्य
After oleation, sudation, emesis, purgation, oil and decoction enemas, bloodletting or head purgation, the patient is to avoid anger, sex, long sitting, much walking or standing,…
Topic
Emesis and other procedures
वमन आदि प्रयोग
The anorexic patient is given emesis, purgation and decoction enema, drugs that kindle digestion, nasal medication, strong held liquids and gargles.
Procedure
Purgation and enemas in gulma
गुल्म में विरेचन और बस्ति
In gulma the patient is first well purged, then given drugs that pacify the predominant dosha and decoction enemas, with oil enemas named in the verse; the blood type is treated like the…
Procedure
Purification for worm disease
कृमिरोग में शोधन विधि
For worm disease the text recommends purification from both ends, emesis and purgation with pungent, bitter and astringent drugs, and a decoction enema with rock salt and sharp drugs.
Procedure
Purification in ripened vata and pitta fever
पक्व ज्वर में शोधन
After the fever has ripened, a painful vata fever is treated with unctuous purgation, such as castor oil, or a decoction enema, and a pitta fever with cool emesis or purgation, each as…
Topic
Purification to relieve worm disease
कृमिरोग शमन हेतु शोधन विधि · कृमिरोग शमनार्थ शुद्धिविधान
Emesis and purgation with drugs of the pungent, bitter and astringent groups are said to help worm disease, as is a decoction enema (niruha) with rock salt and sharp drugs.
Procedure
Purifying and local procedures for anorexia
अरोचक में वमन, विरेचन, निरूह, नस्य, कवल, गण्डूष
The anorexic patient is promptly given emesis, purgation and decoction enema, digestion-kindling drugs, nasal medication, strong held liquids and gargles.
Procedure
Regimen after oleation and the other major procedures
स्नेहनादि कर्म के बाद पथ्यापथ्य · स्नेहनादिकर्मकृत पथ्यापथ्य
After oleation, sudation, emesis, purgation, oil and decoction enemas, bloodletting or head purgation, the text tells the patient to keep away for one month from unsuited, dosha-provoking…
Procedure
Things to avoid after oleation, sudation and the purification therapies
शोधन कर्मों के बाद परहेज · परिहर्तव्य
Quoted as part of the comparison of medicine with religious discipline: people who have undergone oleation, sudation, emesis, purgation, oil and decoction enemas, head purgation or…
Topic
Treatment of gulma
गुल्म की चिकित्सा · गुल्म चिकित्सा
After thorough purgation, drugs that pacify the predominant dosha are given, with decoction enemas and (per the verse) oil enemas; the blood type is treated like the pitta type.
Topic
Treatment of kapha-type udara
कफोदर चिकित्सा · कफोदर
The kapha-type udara patient is oleated with ghee and oil cooked with bitter, astringent and drying drugs, the three pungents and alkalis, then purged with snuhi latex; decoction enemas of…
Topic
Treatment of ripened vata and pitta fever
पक्व वात और पित्त ज्वर की चिकित्सा · वात व पित्त पक्व ज्वर चिकित्सा
Once the fever has ripened, a painful vata fever is treated as suitable with unctuous purgatives (castor oil and the like) or with a decoction enema (niruha), and a pitta fever with cool…
Topic
Treatment of udara
उदर चिकित्सा · अथ उदर चिकित्सा
Treatment begins with ghee cooked with a decoction and paste of vida salt, vacha and madhushigru, given to drink, followed by purgation with tilvaka ghee and a decoction enema with cow…
Topic
Treatment of vata pervading the whole body
सर्वशरीरगत वात की चिकित्सा · सर्वशरीरगत वातचिकित्सा
Aggravated vata pervading the whole body is to be overcome by asthapana and anuvasana enemas given in the prescribed order. The decoction enema is called niruha because it removes all the…
Therapy
Urethral and vaginal douche (uttara basti)
उत्तर बस्ति · उत्तरबस्ति
A footnote defines uttara basti as an injection with a syringe (basti) given into the penis or the vagina.