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Principle
Prabhava (specific action)
प्रभाव
Principle
Ojas (vital essence)
ओजस् (ओज) · ओजस्
The introduction says that in the human body, whose dhātus are the most developed, the pratimūladhātus are present together with ojas-like essences (dhātusāra-teja), but the three dhātus…
Therapy
Purification therapy (shodhana)
शोधन चिकित्सा · शोधन
Great diseases are said to arise from the excessive or wrong use (atiyoga, mithyayoga) of purification by emesis and purgation; the text promises their treatment together with the method of…
Principle
Substances (dravya)
द्रव्य
The introduction says Ayurveda has used medicines on a very large scale, surely and without strain, drawing them from animal parts, plants, minerals and substances such as milk; in using…
Principle
Tridosha (three doshas)
त्रिदोष सिद्धांत · त्रिदोष
The introduction says every medical system rests on an account of how the body works in health and how it is disordered in disease, and that in Ayurveda the body is made of the three…
Topic
Qualities of purifying medicine
संशोधन औषध के गुण · संशोधन भेषज के गुण
Purifying medicine is very sharp, hot, mobile (sara) and vikasi (the verse also seems to name subtlety), and by these it cleanses upward or downward. The emetic carries the unripe doshas…