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==Definition== | ==Definition== | ||
The process of increasing the digestive fire without the digestion of toxic waste products (ama) is called deepana.<ref>Parasuram Shasthri, Sharangadhara Samhita, Purva Khand,Chap. 4, | The process of increasing the digestive fire without the digestion of toxic waste products (ama) is called deepana.<ref>Parasuram Shasthri, Sharangadhara Samhita, Purva Khand,Chap. 4, Deepanapachanadi, verse 1, In: Parasuram Shasthri, Editor. Sharangadhara Samhita.3rd ed. Varanasi: Choukhamba Orientalia;1983.</ref> | ||
==Synonyms== | ==Synonyms== | ||
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*for patients of tuberculosis (rajayakshma) suffering from bouts of diarrhea (atisara). [Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 8/134] | *for patients of tuberculosis (rajayakshma) suffering from bouts of diarrhea (atisara). [Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 8/134] | ||
*for the removal of distaste in the mouth.[Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 8/136] | *for the removal of distaste in the mouth.[Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 8/136] | ||
for the treatment of debility due to injury(kshatakheena).[Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 11/84] | *for the treatment of debility due to injury(kshatakheena).[Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 11/84] | ||
*for the treatment of piles/hemorrhoids (arsha). [Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 14/250] | *for the treatment of piles/hemorrhoids (arsha). [Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 14/250] | ||
*for the treatment of [[ama]] which gets stuck inside the intestine (pakvasaya) [Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 15/75] | *for the treatment of morbid undigested material [[ama]] which gets stuck inside the intestine (pakvasaya) [Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 15/75] | ||
*in the beginning stages of kshayaja kasa [Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 18/150] | *in the beginning stages of cough caused due to emaciation (kshayaja kasa) [Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 18/150] | ||
*[[vata]] lodged in the alimentary tract.[Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 28/89] | *[[vata]] lodged in the alimentary tract.[Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 28/89] | ||
*If [[vata]] is occluded by food (annavruta vata) [Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 28/196] | *If [[vata]] is occluded by food (annavruta vata) [Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 28/196] | ||
*Occlusion of apana by samana [Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 28/206] | *Occlusion of apana vata by samana vata [Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 28/206] | ||
*Occlusion of udana by apana[Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 28/211] | *Occlusion of udana vata by apana vata[Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 28/211] | ||
*For the treatment of distension of abdomen(admana) [Su.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana.5/26]<ref name=Susruta/> | *For the treatment of distension of abdomen(admana) [Su.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana.5/26]<ref name=Susruta/> | ||
The medicines should be administered along with the food in order to attain the deepana effect. [Su.Sa.Uttaratantra.64/75]<ref name=Susruta/> | |||
The medicines should be administered along with the food in order to attain the deepana effect. [Su.Sa.Uttaratantra.64/75]<ref name=Susruta/> | |||
==As a prerequisite for purification therapy== | ==As a prerequisite for purification therapy== | ||
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==More information== | ==More information== | ||
[[Grahani | [[Grahani Chikitsa Adhyaya]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||