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Condition
Joint disorder (sandhigata vata)
संधिवात (जोड़ों का दर्द) · सन्धिवात
Condition
Vata disorders (vatavyadhi)
वात रोग · वातव्याधि
Vata is presented as the root cause of many local and whole-body diseases. Each of the five vayus, aggravated in its own seat, causes the diseases of that seat; joined with kapha, pitta or…
Condition
Amavata (rheumatic disorder)
आमवात
Procedure
Oleating nasya (marsha)
स्नेहन नस्य
Oleating nasya is said to strengthen the throat, blood, head, shoulders and chest and to sharpen the sight; it is used in head disorders from vata, loose teeth, falling of hair and beard,…
Procedure
Rubbing the body with paste (udvartana)
उद्वर्तन
Rubbing the body with paste is called always good when there is skin discolouration, a kapha or fat disorder, itching, emaciation, affliction by vata, or raktapitta. Rubbing with a paste of…
Topic
Sites for cautery, diseases it cures and aftercare
दहन योग्य स्थान, दहन साध्य रोग और पश्चात् कर्म · दहन योग्य स्थान, दहन साध्य रोग व दहन पश्चात् कर्म
In head disorders and adhimantha the brows and temples are burnt; in eyelid disorders the eye is covered with a wet cloth and the eyelid hair follicles are burnt. Cautery is also named for…
Procedure
Sites, uses and aftercare of cauterisation
अग्निकर्म के स्थान, रोग और पश्चात् कर्म · दहनक्रिया
Cautery is applied to the brows and temples in head disorders and adhimantha, and to the eyelid hair follicles in eyelid disorders with the eye covered by a wet cloth; it is also named for…
Topic
Special benefits of rubbing and dusting
विशिष्ट उद्वर्तन के गुण · विशिष्ट उद्वर्तन गुण
Rubbing the body with a paste of wheat and the like, friction and dusting with medicinal powders (the verse: foam rubbing, massage and the like) are said to make the body firm and the skin…