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Therapy
Panchakarma (five purification therapies)
पंचकर्म · पञ्चकर्म
Therapy
Bloodletting (raktamokshana)
रक्तमोक्षण
Very sharp, fearsome instruments used in bloodletting are said to bring great comfort; quoting Sushruta (the chapter and verse numbers are garbled), the text gives the signs of blood…
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).
Therapy
Enema therapy (basti)
बस्ति कर्म (एनिमा) · बस्तिकर्म
The quantity of enema fluid may be adjusted to age, strength, body, the state of the doshas and the heaviness or lightness of the drugs, but never beyond six kudava; medicated oil or ghee…
Condition
Kushtha (chronic skin diseases)
कुष्ठ (त्वचा रोग) · कुष्ठ
Kushtha, the second of the major diseases in chapter 11, is said to arise from all the vitiated doshas and to take eighteen forms. The text gives its pathogenesis (wrong conduct or…
Therapy
Leech therapy (jalauka)
जलौका (जोंक) चिकित्सा · जलौका
Because this science, the supreme scripture from the lotus mouth of the Jina, is full of compassion and kind to all beings, the translation says physicians should as far as possible try to…
Therapy
Nasal therapy (nasya)
नस्य कर्म · नस्य
A footnote defines nasya as medicine taken in through the nose.
Therapy
Oil enema (anuvasana basti)
अनुवासन बस्ति · अनुवासन
Aggravated vata spread through the whole body is to be calmed by asthapana and anuvasana enemas given in due order.
Therapy
Therapeutic emesis (vamana)
वमन कर्म · वमनकर्म
Emesis is judged proper when first the medicine, then kapha and then pitta are expelled and the doshas and the disease subside.
Therapy
Therapeutic purgation (virechana)
विरेचन (जुलाब) · विरेचन
Purgation is said to sharpen the sight, strengthen the senses, increase intelligence, bodily strength and the digestive fire, prolong life and remove diseases from faults of stool and…
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.
Topic
Treatment of kushtha in the fat, bone and deeper tissues
मेद, अस्थि आदि में गए कुष्ठ की चिकित्सा · मेद, अस्थि आदि गत कुष्ठ चिकित्सा
Kushtha in the fat is very troublesome and is only to be kept in check (yapana) with many kinds of medicine; the remaining kinds, in bone, marrow and semen, do not heal even with the five…
Formulation
Vidanga-kernel rasāyana
विडंगसार रसायन · विडङ्गसार रसायन
Kernels of good vidanga are made into a paste and purified like flour paste; when cool, free of astringency and dry, they are powdered and mixed with equal amounts of sugar and ghee. The…
Question
Which kushthas does the text treat as curable, manageable or incurable?
ग्रंथ किन कुष्ठों को साध्य, याप्य या असाध्य मानता है?
Kushtha in the skin, blood and flesh is curable with medicines; in the fat it is only manageable; the rest, in bone, marrow and semen, does not heal even with panchakarma.