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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…
Condition
Insanity (unmada)
उन्माद
Unmada (insanity) arises when the doshas leave their paths and pervade the mind-carrying channels; it is of five kinds, from vata, pitta, kapha, all three and grief, and is treated with…
Principle
Principles of treatment (chikitsa sutra)
चिकित्सा सूत्र · चिकित्सासूत्र
The introduction says the secret of treatment is to perform the particular action by which the body's dhātus return to balance (a footnote quotes Caraka Sūtra to this effect); the whole…
Topic
Procedure for drinking fat (internal oleation)
स्नेहपान की विधि · स्नेहपान विधि
Oleation (snehana) is making the body unctuous by taking ghee, oil or another fat. The bowel is of three kinds, soft from pitta, medium from kapha and hard from vata, and ghee is given for…
Principle
Rasayana (rejuvenation)
रसायन
In its survey of the Vedic period the introduction says the story of the sage Cyavana supports a formula (yoga) that restores youth.