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Procedure
Pratimarsha nasya
प्रतिमर्श नस्य
A second kind of oleating nasya, pratimarsha (also called avamarsha, says a footnote), is used at nine times, listed in a footnote: on rising in the morning, on leaving the house, after…
Topic
Pratimarsha nasya
प्रतिमर्श नस्य
The nasya above is for oleation; a second kind of it is pratimarsha, which has nine times of use and is given at those times by rule. A footnote says oleating nasya is of two kinds, marsha…
Topic
Benefits of pratimarsha
प्रतिमर्श नस्य के गुण · प्रतिमर्श नस्य का गुण
Pratimarsha makes the mouth fragrant and the teeth and hair firm, and removes all diseases of the ears, eyes, mouth and nose and those above the throat and collar bone.
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The nine times of pratimarsha and their effects
प्रतिमर्श नस्य के नौ काल और उनके फल · प्रतिमर्श नस्य के नौ काल व उसके फल
Pratimarsha on rising clears the night's waste from nose and mouth and heavy sleepiness; on going out it wards off wind, sun, smoke and dust; after tooth-cleaning it firms the teeth, scents…
Question
What are the two basic kinds of nasya, and at which nine times is pratimarsha given?
नस्य के दो मूल भेद कौन से हैं, और प्रतिमर्श नस्य किन नौ समयों पर दिया जाता है?
Oleating (snehana) nasya and head-purging (shirovirechana) nasya. Pratimarsha, a kind of oleating nasya, is given on rising, on going out, after cleaning the teeth, after day sleep, after…
Therapy
Nasal therapy (nasya)
नस्य कर्म · नस्य
A footnote defines nasya as medicine taken in through the nose.
Topic
Head-purging nasya
शिरोविरेचन (विरेचन नस्य) का वर्णन
Having described pratimarsha, the text turns to head-purging: medicinal action through the nose is well known as nasya, and head-purging nasya can also be given with dry drugs.
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Kinds of nasya
नस्य के भेद
Nasya is given with two kinds of medicines, unctuous (oil and the like) and dry (apamarga and the like). Unctuous nasya is of two kinds, marsha and avamarsha (pratimarsha), and dry nasya of…
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,…