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!Quantity

!Quantity

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|Dhara patra (pot)

|Dhara patra (pot)

|1

|1

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|-

|Dhara stand

|Dhara stand

|1

|1

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|-

|Dhara droni (table)

|Dhara droni (table)

|1

|1

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|-

|Suitable liquids like oil, butter milk or milk

|Suitable liquids like oil, butter milk or milk

|1.5 liter

|1.5 liter

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|-

|Gauze

|Gauze

|1

|1

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|-

|Cotton ear plugs

|Cotton ear plugs

|2

|2

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|-

|Soft pillow covered with rexin

|Soft pillow covered with rexin

|1

|1

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|-

|Hot water for bath

|Hot water for bath

|Q. S

|Q. S

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|-

|Vessels

|Vessels

|3

|3

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|-

|Rasnadi churna for tala

|Rasnadi churna for tala

|5g

|5g

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|-

|2

|2

|}

|}

== Dhara dravya according to diseases<ref name="ref2">Puthiyedath Raman Menon, Sirassekadi vidhi. Edited by Dr M Prasad.1st ed. Thrissur: Vaidyabhooshanam Raghavan Thirumulpad Foundation for Ayurvedic Studies,2009.</ref> ==

== Dhara dravya according to diseases<ref name="ref2">Puthiyedath Raman Menon, Sirassekadi vidhi. Edited by Dr M Prasad.1st ed. Thrissur: Vaidyabhooshanam Raghavan Thirumulpad Foundation for Ayurvedic Studies,2009.</ref> ==

{| class="wikitable"

{| class="wikitable"

!'''Dharadravya'''

!'''Dharadravya'''

|-

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|Klama, daha

|Klama, daha

|Coconut water

|Coconut water

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|-

|Pittaja vikara

|Pittaja vikara

|Cold water/milk

|Cold water/milk

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|-

|Vata pittottara  

|Vata pittottara  

|Ghee

|[[Ghee|Ghee]]

|-

|-

|Vathadhika, arumshika

|Vathadhika, arumshika

|Sesame oil

|Sesame oil

|}

|}

|-

|-

|Kevala vata

|Kevala vata

|Chatusneha (oil, [[Ghee|ghee]], muscle fat, bone marrow)

|Chatusneha (oil, [[Ghee|ghee]], muscle fat, bone marrow)

|-

|-

|[[Pitta dosha|Pitta]] or rakta pradhana [[Vyadhi|vyadhi]] or [[Raktapitta|raktapitta]] associated with [[Vata dosha|vata]] or [[Kapha dosha|kapha]]

|[[Pitta dosha|Pitta]] or rakta pradhana [[Vyadhi|vyadhi]] or [[Raktapitta|raktapitta]] associated with [[Vata dosha|vata]] or [[Kapha dosha|kapha]]

|oil and [[Ghee|ghee]] in equal proportion

|oil and [[Ghee|ghee]] in equal proportion

|-

|-

|[[Kapha dosha|Kapha]] associated with [[Vata dosha|vata]]

|[[Kapha dosha|Kapha]] associated with [[Vata dosha|vata]]

|Oil (2 parts) + [[Ghee|ghee]] (1 part)

|Oil (2 parts) + [[Ghee|ghee]] (1 part)

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|-

|[[Pitta dosha|Pitta]]

|[[Pitta dosha|Pitta]]

|Different types of milk

|Different types of milk

|}

|}

== Preparation of butter milk for takra dhara ==

== Preparation of butter milk for takra dhara ==

<p style="text-align:justify;">Two pala(96g) of Musta (Cyperus rotundus) or Yashtimadhu (Glycyrrhiza glabra) boiled in two prastha (1536ml) of milk and eight prastha(6144ml) of water and reduced up to two prastha(1536ml) by suspending them into liquid in a bag of thin cloth. The bag is also squeezed well at the end of boiling. The medicated milk thus obtained is cooled and fermented overnight. Decoction of four pala(192g) of amalaka (Emblicus officinalis) is prepared by boiling it with four prastha (3072ml) of water and reduced to one prastha(768ml). This decoction is mixed with the curd formed and churned to obtain the butter milk. This takra is used for dhara.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify;">Two pala(96g) of [[Musta|Musta (Cyperus rotundus)]] or [[Yashtimadhu|Yashtimadhu (Glycyrrhiza glabra)]] boiled in two prastha (1536ml) of milk and eight prastha(6144ml) of water and reduced up to two prastha(1536ml) by suspending them into liquid in a bag of thin cloth. The bag is also squeezed well at the end of boiling. The medicated milk thus obtained is cooled and fermented overnight. Decoction of four pala(192g) of [[Amalaki|amalaka (Emblicus officinalis)]] is prepared by boiling it with four prastha (3072ml) of water and reduced to one prastha(768ml). This decoction is mixed with the curd formed and churned to obtain the butter milk. This takra is used for dhara.</p>

== Preparation of medicated milk ==

== Preparation of medicated milk ==

<p style="text-align:justify;">2 prastha(1536ml) of cow’s milk along with 8 prastha(6144ml) of water and add 1 pala(48g) each of the roots of bala (Sida cordifolia) and shatavari (Asparagus racemosus) which is tied up in a muslin bag into the mixture and boiled over gentle fire till the total quantity reduced to that of milk. It is then diluted with an equal quantity of fresh tender coconut water after it is completely cooled.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify;">2 prastha(1536ml) of cow’s milk along with 8 prastha(6144ml) of water and add 1 pala(48g) each of the roots of bala (Sida cordifolia) and [[Shatavari|shatavari (Asparagus racemosus)]] which is tied up in a muslin bag into the mixture and boiled over gentle fire till the total quantity reduced to that of milk. It is then diluted with an equal quantity of fresh tender coconut water after it is completely cooled.</p>

== Preparation of instrument of shirodhara yantra ==

== Preparation of instrument of shirodhara yantra ==