Dhumapana: Difference between revisions

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== Procedure for dhumapana ==

* Person should sit in a comfortable posture and breath normally.

* Place the dhumavarti in dhumanetra and ignite it.

* Then the person should inhale the smoke come out from the dhumavarti through one nostril.

* Exhale the same through mouth.

* In one round three puffs should be taken.

* Do the same procedure through another nostril.

* Inhalation of smoke can be done by nostril or mouth but exhalation should only be done through mouth.

== Clinical features of proper dhumapana [ Cha.Sa. Sutra Sthana 5/37] ==

* Purity and lightness in chest region (hrudaya),throat (kantha) and all sense organs (indriya), lightness in head and supra clavicular region (urdhvajatru).

* Elimination of kapha and vata dosha.

== Clinical features of less dhumapana [Su.Sa. Chikitsa Sthana 40/12] ==

* Unclear voice

* Kapha in kantha (throat)

* Heaviness and stiffness in head

* Unclear oral cavity

== Clinical features of excess dhumapana ==

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 <li>Unfit after consuming: madhu (honey), ghrita (clarified butter), dadhi (curd), dugdha (milk), matsya (fish), madya (fermented drink), yavagu (gruels) </li></ol>
+== Procedure for dhumapana ==
+* Person should sit in a comfortable posture and breath normally.
+* Place the dhumavarti in dhumanetra and ignite it.
+* Then the person should inhale the smoke come out from the dhumavarti through one nostril.
+* Exhale the same through mouth.
+* In one round three puffs should be taken.
+* Do the same procedure through another nostril.
+* Inhalation of smoke can be done by nostril or mouth but exhalation should only be done through mouth.
+== Clinical features of proper dhumapana [ Cha.Sa. Sutra Sthana 5/37] ==
+* Purity and lightness in chest region (hrudaya),throat (kantha) and all sense organs (indriya), lightness in head and supra clavicular region (urdhvajatru).
+* Elimination of kapha and vata dosha.
+== Clinical features of less dhumapana [Su.Sa. Chikitsa Sthana 40/12] ==
+* Unclear voice
+* Kapha in kantha (throat)
+* Heaviness and stiffness in head
+* Unclear oral cavity
+== Clinical features of excess dhumapana ==
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