Pachana: Difference between revisions
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==Properties== | ==Properties== | ||
The food or medicine or therapy having pachana effect possess hot potency [Su.Sa. | The food or medicine or therapy having pachana effect possess hot potency [Su.Sa.Sutra Sthana 46/515]<ref name=Susruta/> and dryness property (ruksha guna). [Adhamalla on Sha.Purvakhanda 04/01]<ref name=Shargadara/> | ||
The following table lists some examples for pachana food and medicines. | The following table lists some examples for pachana food and medicines. | ||
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'''Time of administration:'''The medicines for pachana effect shall be administered 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> | '''Time of administration:'''The medicines for pachana effect shall be administered 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> | ||
'''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== | ||