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Procedure
Emetic smoke
वामक धूम · वामनीय धूम
The emetic smoke is made from a wick of emetic drugs and drawn in through the mouth only; it is smoked after drinking a gruel (yavagu) prepared with agada, sesame and rice, and, like the…
Topic
Measure of the smokes and the emetic smoke
धूमपान का प्रमाण और वामक धूम · धूमपान के काल
The prayogika smoke is used until tears come to the eyes, which is its measure; the other smokes until the doshas come out. The emetic smoke, made with emetic drugs, is smoked after…
Topic
The prayogika, emetic, purgative and cough-relieving smokes
प्रायोगिक, वामक, विरेचन और कासघ्न धूम · प्रायोगिक, वैरेचनिक व कासघ्न धूम लक्षण
A wick made in the same way with cardamom, clove, nagakesara and tamala leaf gives the prayogika smoke; wicks made with emetic drugs, with the many head-purging drugs and with known…
Condition
Consumption (rajayakshma)
राजयक्ष्मा (क्षय रोग) · राजयक्ष्मा
Rajayakshma, also called kshaya and shosha, is described as a severe wasting disease of all three doshas that dries up the tissues and is the seat from which many other diseases arise.
Therapy
Medicated smoke inhalation (dhumapana)
धूमपान (औषधि धूम) · धूमपान
Smoke (dhuma) is said to be of five kinds: oleating (snehana), prayogika, emetic (vamana), purgative (virechana) and cough-relieving (kasaghna); a footnote gives नस्यैः as a variant reading…
Topic
Bore of the smoking pipe and how each smoke is drawn
धूमनली के छिद्र का प्रमाण और धूमपान विधि · धूमनली के छिद्र का प्रमाण व धूमपान विधि
The bore of the pipes should let an urad grain through (a footnote: this is at the tip; at the root the hole is as thick as the thumb). The oleating and prayogika smokes are drawn through…
Topic
Medicine with a morsel and between morsels
ग्रास और ग्रासांतर · ग्रास ग्रासांतर लक्षण
Digestive, nourishing and aphrodisiac powders are mixed with a morsel (grasa) for those with weak fire, depleted semen or weakness; for cough and dyspnoea, emetic medicines, medicated…
Topic
Promise to describe smoke, gargles and nasal therapy; the kinds of smoke
धूम, कवलग्रह और नस्य विधि वर्णन की प्रतिज्ञा तथा धूम के भेद · धूम, कवलग्रह, नस्यविधिवर्णनप्रतिज्ञा और धूम भेद
From here the text will describe smoking (dhumapana), holding of gargles (kavalagraha) and nasal therapy (nasya), the complications of their improper use and their treatment. Smoke is of…
Procedure
Smoking procedure: pipe, bore, inhaling and exhaling
धूमपान विधि (नली, छिद्र, ग्रहण और निर्गमन)
The smoking pipe is 48 angulas long for the prayogika smoke, 32 for the oleating smoke and 16 for the purgative and cough-relieving smokes. Its bore should let an urad grain pass (a…
Principle
Ten times for taking medicine
दस औषध काल · दश औषधकाल
Ten times for taking medicine are named: without food (nirbhakta), before the meal (pragbhakta), after the meal (urdhvabhakta), in the middle of the meal (madhyabhakta), between meals…
Question
What are the five kinds of medicated smoke, and how long is the smoking pipe for them?
औषधि धूम के पाँच प्रकार कौन से हैं, और उनकी नली कितनी लम्बी होती है?
Oleating, prayogika, emetic, purgative and cough-relieving smoke. The pipe is 48 angulas long for the prayogika smoke, 32 for the oleating smoke and 16 for the purgative and cough-relieving…