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!  Drugs !! Food items

!  Drugs !! Food items

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| | Nagakesara (Mesua ferrea) [Sha.Pu.04/01] || Curd, buttermilk, vinegar [Su.Sa. Chikitsa Sthana 1/25]

| | Mesua ferrea (Nagakesara) [Sha.Pu.04/01]<ref name=Shargadara/> || Curd, buttermilk, vinegar [Su.Sa. Chikitsa Sthana 1/25]<ref name=Susruta/>

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| | Haritaki (Terminalia chebula) [A.H Sutra Sthana 6/153] || Citrus fruit (jambheera) [Cha.Sa.[[Sutra Sthana]] 27/167],

| | Terminalia chebula (Haritaki) [A.Hr Sutra Sthana 6/153]<ref name=Hridaya/> || Citrus fruit (jambheera) [Cha.Sa.[[Sutra Sthana]] 27/167],

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| | Musta (Cyperus rotundus) [A.S.Sutra sthana 12/38] || Jagala (a variety of wine) [Cha.Sa.[[Sutra Sthana]] 27/181],

| | Cyperus rotundus (Musta) [A.S.Sutra sthana 12/38]<ref name=Sangraha/> || Jagala (a variety of wine) [Cha.Sa.[[Sutra Sthana]] 27/181],

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| | Pippalyadigana [Su.Sa.Sutra Sthana 38/23] || Asafoetida (hingu) [Cha.Sa.[[Sutra Sthana]] 27/299],

| | Pippalyadigana [Su.Sa.Sutra Sthana 38/23]<ref name=Susruta/> || Asafoetida (hingu) [Cha.Sa.[[Sutra Sthana]] 27/299],

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| | Vachadigana [Su.Sa.Sutra Sthana 38/26] || Oil [Su.Sa.Sutra Sthana 45/112],

| | Vachadigana [Su.Sa.Sutra Sthana 38/26]<ref name=Susruta/> || Oil [Su.Sa.Sutra Sthana 45/112]<ref name=Susruta/>,

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| | Haridradigana[Su.Sa.Sutra Sthana 38/27] || Scum of gruel prepared with fried paddy (laja manda)[Su.Sa.Sutra Sthana 46/340]

| | Haridradigana[Su.Sa.Sutra Sthana 38/27]<ref name=Susruta/> || Scum of gruel prepared with fried paddy (laja manda)[Su.Sa.Sutra Sthana 46/340]<ref name=Susruta/>

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| | Mustadigana [Su.Sa.Sutra Sthana 38/54-55] ||  

| | Mustadigana [Su.Sa.Sutra Sthana 38/54-55]<ref name=Susruta/> ||  

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Time of administration of drugs for pachana: Before and after food (samudgam). [A.S Sutra Sthana 23/20]<ref name= Sangraha> Vridha Vagbhata, Ashtanga Sangraha. Edited by Shivaprasad Sharma. 3rd ed. Varanasi: Chaukhamba sanskrit series office;2012.</ref> According to Shargadhara the medicines for pachana should be administered at night. [Sha.Pu.2/12]<ref name=Shargadara/>

Time of administration of drugs for pachana: Before and after food (samudgam). [A.S Sutra Sthana 23/20]<ref name= Sangraha> Vridha Vagbhata, Ashtanga Sangraha. Edited by Shivaprasad Sharma. 3rd ed. Varanasi: Chaukhamba sanskrit series office;2012.</ref> According to Shargadhara the medicines for pachana should be administered at night. [Sha.Pu.2/12]<ref name=Shargadara/>

Taste (rasa) with pachana property : Salt (lavana), bitter (tikta) [Cha.Sa.[[Sutra Sthana]] 26/43], sour (amla) [A.Hr. Sutra Sthana 10/10]<ref name=Hridaya/>, spicy (katu). [A.Hr.Sutra Sthana 10/17]<ref name=Hridaya/>  

Taste (rasa) with pachana property : Salt (lavana), bitter (tikta) [Cha.Sa.[[Sutra Sthana]] 26/43], sour (amla) [A.Hr. Sutra Sthana 10/10]<ref name=Hridaya/>, spicy (katu). [A.Hr.Sutra Sthana 10/17]<ref name=Hridaya/>

==General indications for Pachana==

==General indications for Pachana==

*Based on the extent of [[dosha]]: If [[ama]] spreads all over the body [Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 15/75]

*Based on the extent of [[dosha]]: If [[ama]] spreads all over the body [Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 15/75]

*Based on strength of patient: For patient having moderate strength   

*Based on strength of patient: For patient having moderate strength   

*If [[ama]] is involved  [Cha.Sa.[[Sddhi Sthana]] 8/44]

*If [[ama]] is involved  [Cha.Sa.[[Siddhi Sthana]] 8/44]

==Importance of pachana as treatment modality==

==Importance of pachana as treatment modality==

*Pachana is one among the four techniques mentioned in Ayurveda to stop bleeding.[Su.Sa.Sutra Sthana 14/39]<ref name=Susruta/> By the application of powders at the site the bleeding can be stopped.

*Pachana is one among the four techniques mentioned in Ayurveda to stop bleeding.[Su.Sa.Sutra Sthana 14/39]<ref name=Susruta/> By the application of powders at the site the bleeding can be stopped.

• It is one among the methods to remove the unfixed foreign body from the body. [Su.Sa.Sutra Sthana 27/04]<ref name=Susruta/>. By suppurating the foreign body it can be easily removed from the body.  

*It is one among the methods to remove the unfixed foreign body from the body. [Su.Sa.Sutra Sthana 27/04]<ref name=Susruta/>. By suppurating the foreign body it can be easily removed from the body.  

• It is one among the eight kinds of treatments advocated for inflammatory swelling (vruna sopha).[Su.Sa.Sutra Sthana 37/9]<ref name=Susruta/> By the application of drugs that are hot in potency the pachana of swelling is attained.

*It is one among the eight kinds of treatments advocated for inflammatory swelling (vruna sopha).[Su.Sa.Sutra Sthana 37/9]<ref name=Susruta/> By the application of drugs that are hot in potency the pachana of swelling is attained.

• It is one among the 60 methods of treatment of wounds. [Su.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 1/8]<ref name=Susruta/>  

*It is one among the 60 methods of treatment of wounds. [Su.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 1/8]<ref name=Susruta/>  

• It is one among the pacification therapies(shamana). [A.Hr Sutra Sthana 14/06]<ref name=Hridaya/>

*It is one among the pacification therapies(shamana). [A.Hr Sutra Sthana 14/06]<ref name=Hridaya/>

• It is one among the ten types of topical applications (alepa). [A.S. Uttara Sthana 30/08]<ref name=Sangraha/>

*It is one among the ten types of topical applications (alepa). [A.S. Uttara Sthana 30/08]<ref name=Sangraha/>

==Importance in management of disease==

==Importance in management of disease==