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#As regimens

#As regimens

As food materials: Use of oil-cakes of mustard and sesame, buttermilk, honey [Cha.Sa.[[Sutra Sthana]] 22/29], khala (curd preparation), uddalaka (rice preparation), Hordeum vulgare Linn. (yava), Echinochioa frumentacea Linn. (shyamaka), Paspalum scrobiculatum L. (kodrava) etc [A.Hr Sutra sthana 16/34]<ref name= Hridaya > Vagbhata. Ashtanga Hridayam. Edited by Harishastri Paradkar Vaidya. 1st ed. Varanasi: Krishnadas Academy;2000.</ref> helps in rukshana. Overuse of substances having pungent, bitter and astringent tastes also provides rukshana.[Cha.Sa.[[Sutra Sthana 22/29]

As food materials: Use of oil-cakes of mustard and sesame, buttermilk, honey [Cha.Sa.[[Sutra Sthana]] 22/29], khala (curd preparation), uddalaka (rice preparation), Hordeum vulgare Linn. (yava), Echinochioa frumentacea Linn. (shyamaka), Paspalum scrobiculatum L. (kodrava) etc [A.Hr Sutra sthana 16/34]<ref name= Hridaya > Vagbhata. Ashtanga Hridayam. Edited by Harishastri Paradkar Vaidya. 1st ed. Varanasi: Krishnadas Academy;2000.</ref> helps in rukshana. Overuse of substances having pungent, bitter and astringent tastes also provides rukshana.[Cha.Sa.[[Sutra Sthana]] 22/29]

As medicines/treatments:  This can be considered under two headings

As medicines/treatments:  This can be considered under two headings

=Current researches=

=Current researches=

The efficacy of rukshana treatment in transverse myelitis is reported in a study. The patient with predominance of [[kapha]] is being treated with rukshana methods including valuka sweda (sudation with sand bolus) and other internal medicines. The patient shows remarkable recovery within 10 days of treatment.<ref>Nithin Jindal, Manoj KS, Sadhana Berry. Importance of rukshana karma (dehydrating therapy) in the management of transverse myelitis. Ayu. 2012 Jul-Sep; 33(3): 402–405.doi: 10.4103/0974-8520.108852</ref> Administration of powder massage (udwarthana) along with gruel prepared out of buttermilk (takra siddha yavagu) is reported to be having hypolipidemic effect. Udwartana possess the quality to mutilate and liquefy the [[kapha]] and fat (meda). Buttermilk (takra) which is ruksha in quality and the drug used, shyamaka is also ruksha and it possess the property of decreasing the excess oil/fat from the body. There was significant reduction in serum cholesterol levels and weight of the patient.<ref>Patel B, Kamble SB, Vyas HA, Vyas MK, Chinthala R. Hypolipidemic effect of Rukshana Upakrama in the management of dyslipidemia – A case study. Ayu 2018;39:72 5</ref> Udwartana followed by ruksha basti (a type of [[basti]] treatment) is reported to be effective in reducing the blood sugar levels and signs and symptoms in type ll diabetes mellitus patient. Prameha which can be correlated as type ll diabetes mellitus, is having predominance of sliminess/moistness (kledha), [[kapha]] and [[medha]] in body. Rukshana is having the opposite qualities of kledha, [[kapha]] and [[medha]].<ref>Ramteke RS, Thakar AB, Singh K. Hypoglycemic effect of Rukshana therapy: A case study. Indian j health sci 2016;9:114-6.</ref>  

The efficacy of rukshana treatment in transverse myelitis is reported in a study. The patient with predominance of [[kapha]] is being treated with rukshana methods including valuka sweda (sudation with sand bolus) and other internal medicines. The patient shows remarkable recovery within 10 days of treatment.<ref>Nithin Jindal, Manoj KS, Sadhana Berry. Importance of rukshana karma (dehydrating therapy) in the management of transverse myelitis. Ayu. 2012 Jul-Sep; 33(3): 402–405.doi: 10.4103/0974-8520.108852</ref>  

 

Administration of powder massage (udwarthana) along with gruel prepared out of buttermilk (takra siddha yavagu) is reported to be having hypolipidemic effect. Udwartana possess the quality to mutilate and liquefy the [[kapha]] and fat (meda). Buttermilk (takra) which is ruksha in quality and the drug used, shyamaka is also ruksha and it possess the property of decreasing the excess oil/fat from the body. There was significant reduction in serum cholesterol levels and weight of the patient.<ref>Patel B, Kamble SB, Vyas HA, Vyas MK, Chinthala R. Hypolipidemic effect of Rukshana Upakrama in the management of dyslipidemia – A case study. Ayu 2018;39:72 5</ref>

 

Udwartana followed by ruksha basti (a type of [[basti]] treatment) is reported to be effective in reducing the blood sugar levels and signs and symptoms in type ll diabetes mellitus patient. Prameha which can be correlated as type ll diabetes mellitus, is having predominance of sliminess/moistness (kledha), [[kapha]] and [[medha]] in body. Rukshana is having the opposite qualities of kledha, [[kapha]] and [[medha]].<ref>Ramteke RS, Thakar AB, Singh K. Hypoglycemic effect of Rukshana therapy: A case study. Indian j health sci 2016;9:114-6.</ref>

=List of theses done=

=List of theses done=