Unmada Chikitsa: Difference between revisions

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In ''pitta'' dominant type of ''unmada'', the patients should be given ''tikta'', and ''jivaniya ghrita'' (ghee cooked with bitter and vitalisers e.g. ''maha tiktaka ghrita'' ([[Chikitsa Sthana]] chapter 7 ) and ''jivaniya ghrita'' ([[Chikitsa Sthana]] chapter 29) and ''mishraka sneha'' ([[Chikitsa Sthana]] chapter 5) are efficacious. Moreover, the patient should be given cold, sweet and soft food and drinks or the physician should perform blood-letting vein situated at the joining place of temple and the end of hair line in ''unmada'', irregular fever and epilepsy. [76-77]
In ''pitta'' dominant type of ''unmada'', the patients should be given ''tikta'', and ''jivaniya ghrita'' (ghee cooked with bitter and vitalisers e.g. ''maha tiktaka ghrita'' ([[Chikitsa Sthana]] chapter 7 ) and ''jivaniya ghrita'' ([[Chikitsa Sthana]] chapter 29) and ''mishraka sneha'' ([[Chikitsa Sthana]] chapter 5) are efficacious. Moreover, the patient should be given cold, sweet and soft food and drinks or the physician should perform blood-letting vein situated at the joining place of temple and the end of hair line in ''unmada'', irregular fever and epilepsy. [76-77]


==== Isolation of unmada patients ====
==== Isolation of ''unmada'' patients ====


घृतमांसवितृप्तं वा निवाते स्थापयेत् सुखम्|  
घृतमांसवितृप्तं वा निवाते स्थापयेत् सुखम्|  
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ghRutamAMsavitRuptaM vA nivAte sthApayet sukham|  
ghRutamAMsavitRuptaM vA nivAte sthApayet sukham|  
tyaktvA matismRutibhraMshaM sa~jj~jAM labdhvA pramucyate [1] ||78||
tyaktvA matismRutibhraMshaM sa~jj~jAM labdhvA pramucyate [1] ||78||
The patient should be restricted to wind-free place after taking meat & ghee in his diet to his satisfaction as a result, the patient overcomes the loss of intellect & memory and regains sense and consciousness. Thus, he becomes free from disease. (78)
 
The patient should be restricted to wind-free place after taking meat and ghee in his diet to his satisfaction as a result, the patient overcomes the loss of intellect and memory and regains sense and consciousness. Thus, he becomes free from disease. [78]


==== Psychotherapy and other therapies ====
==== Psychotherapy and other therapies ====