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*[Dalhana on Su.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 33/7]<ref name=Susruta>Sushruta. Sushruta Samhita. Edited by Jadavaji Trikamji Aacharya. 8th ed. Varanasi: Chaukhambha Orientalia;2005.</ref>, **[Sha.Sa. Uttara khanda 3/15]<ref name=Shargadara/>, #[Ka. Khilasthana 7/44]<ref name=Kashyapa>Vrddhajivaka, Kasyapa Samhita. Edited by Tewari P V, Reprint edition. Varanasi: Chaukhambha visvabharati; 2008</ref> | *[Dalhana on Su.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 33/7]<ref name=Susruta>Sushruta. Sushruta Samhita. Edited by Jadavaji Trikamji Aacharya. 8th ed. Varanasi: Chaukhambha Orientalia;2005.</ref>, **[Sha.Sa. Uttara khanda 3/15]<ref name=Shargadara/>, #[Ka. Khilasthana 7/44]<ref name=Kashyapa>Vrddhajivaka, Kasyapa Samhita. Edited by Tewari P V, Reprint edition. Varanasi: Chaukhambha visvabharati; 2008</ref> | ||
===Therapeutic emesis ( | ===Therapeutic emesis (pradhana karma)=== | ||
Therapeutic emesis is always performed early morning during the time of the natural increase of [[kapha]] [[dosha]]. After completing proper sleep and passage of natural urges in the morning, the individual follows whole-body therapeutic massage and fomentation.The patient should be seated comfortably in a chair of a suitable height. | Therapeutic emesis is always performed early morning during the time of the natural increase of [[kapha]] [[dosha]]. After completing proper sleep and passage of natural urges in the morning, the individual follows whole-body therapeutic massage and fomentation.The patient should be seated comfortably in a chair of a suitable height. | ||
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====Endpoints==== | ====Endpoints==== | ||
The procedure is continued till the appearance of signs of adequate emesis or bile ([[pitta]]) in the vomitus. | The procedure is continued till the appearance of signs of adequate emesis or bile ([[pitta]]) in the vomitus. | ||
===Post therapeutic measures (pashchatkarma)=== | ===Post therapeutic measures (pashchatkarma)=== | ||