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(ityuktamāvr̥tē vātē pittādibhiryathāyatham [6] )|199| | (ityuktamāvr̥tē vātē pittādibhiryathāyatham [6] )|199| | ||
On finding that ''kapha'' is located in the stomach ( | On finding that ''kapha'' is located in the stomach (''amashaya''), emesis should be given and if it is located in the colon (''pakvashaya''), the treatment of choice is purgation. If ''pitta'' has pervaded all over the body, again the same (purgation) should be given. [189-189 ½] | ||
As kapha or pitta gets liquefied by sudation, | As ''kapha'' or ''pitta'' gets liquefied by sudation, and gets accumulated in the colon and the symptoms of ''pitta'' manifest, both of these should be eliminated by the use of enema. [190-190 ½] | ||
If | If ''vata'' is associated with ''kapha'', it should be eliminated by warm evacuative enema mixed with cow’s urine. If ''vata'' is associated with ''pitta'', it should be eliminated by evacuative enema mixed with milk. Then the patient should be given unctuous enema prepared with the ''madhura rasa'' group of drugs. [191-192] | ||
In condition of ''vata'' located in the head and associated with ''kapha'', inhalation and nasal medication should be given. [192 ½] | |||
In | If after the elimination of ''pitta'' and ''kapha'', there remains a residual morbidity of ''vata'' in the channels of the chest region, the treatment indicated in absolute ''vata'' should be given. [193- 193 ½] | ||
If | |||
If | If ''vata'' is occluded by blood, the line of treatment should be the same as indicated in ''vatashonita''.[194] | ||
In ''amavata'', treatment curative of ''prameha, vata'' and ''meda'', should be given. [194 ½] | |||
If ''vata'' is occluded by the flesh, than sudation, massage, meat juices, milk and unctuous medications are recommended. [195] | |||
If ''vata'' is occluded by the osseous tissue or the marrow, ''mahasneha'' should be given. If occluded in the semen, the treatment has already been described. [195 ½] | |||
If | If ''vata'' is occluded by food, then emesis, digestives, carminatives and light diet are recommended. [196] | ||
If occluded by urine, diuretics, sudation and trans-urethral enema are recommended. If ''vata'' is occluded by fecal matter, the remedies are castor oil and unctuous therapy as indicated in ''udavarta''. [197] | |||
A morbid humor, while in its natural habitat, and when more powerful; it should be first subdued by its own suitable medications such as emesis, purgation, enema or sudation. [198] | |||
Thus has been described the treatment of conditions of occlusion of ''vata'' by ''pitta'', etc. [198 ½] | |||
Thus has been described the treatment of conditions of occlusion of | |||
==== Mutual occlusions by types of vata and their management ==== | ==== Mutual occlusions by types of vata and their management ==== | ||