Talk:Pachana: Difference between revisions
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*Pachana is one among the four techniques mentioned in Ayurveda to stop bleeding.[Su.Sa.Sutra Sthana 14/39]<ref name=Susruta/> By the application of powders at the site the bleeding can be stopped. | *Pachana is one among the four techniques mentioned in Ayurveda to stop bleeding.[Su.Sa.Sutra Sthana 14/39]<ref name=Susruta/> By the application of powders at the site the bleeding can be stopped. | ||
*It is one among the methods to remove the unfixed foreign body from the body. [Su.Sa.Sutra Sthana 27/04]<ref name=Susruta/>. By suppurating the foreign body it can be easily removed from the body. | |||
*It is one among the eight kinds of treatments advocated for inflammatory swelling (vruna sopha).[Su.Sa.Sutra Sthana 37/9]<ref name=Susruta/> By the application of drugs that are hot in potency the pachana of swelling is attained. | |||
*It is one among the 60 methods of treatment of wounds. [Su.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 1/8]<ref name=Susruta/> | |||
*It is one among the pacification therapies(shamana). [A.Hr Sutra Sthana 14/06]<ref name=Hridaya/> | |||
*It is one among the ten types of topical applications (alepa). [A.S. Uttara Sthana 30/08]<ref name=Sangraha/> | |||
==Importance in management of disease== | ==Importance in management of disease== | ||