− | <div style="text-align:justify;">The patient, the subject of emesis, having been administered with unction and sudation for two or three days, should be fed with meat soups of domestic, marshy and aquatic animals, milk, curd, black gram, sesamum, vegetable etc. in the night prior to emesis, in order to excite ''kapha''. Next day when the previous food is digested, in the forenoon, after performing offering, oblations, auspicious and expiatory rites, he should take a dose of ghee along with gruel (on an empty stomach) that may not be very smooth or greasy. The physician should take one closed fist sized dosage of seeds of ''Madanaphala'', pound them and impregnate them with a decoction of ''Yastimadhu'' or one of these-''Kovidara, Karbudara, Nipa, Vidula, Bimbi, Sanapuspi'' and ''Prayakpuspi''-for the whole (previous) night. In the morning, this mix should be pressed and filtered, added with honey and rock salt and heated slightly. The cup filled with the drug should be enchanted with the following hymn:- | + | <div style="text-align:justify;">The patient, the subject of emesis, having been administered with unction and sudation for two or three days, should be fed with meat soups of domestic, marshy and aquatic animals, milk, curd, black gram, sesamum, vegetable etc. in the night prior to emesis, in order to excite [[kapha]]. Next day when the previous food is digested, in the forenoon, after performing offering, oblations, auspicious and expiatory rites, he should take a dose of ghee along with gruel (on an empty stomach) that may not be very smooth or greasy. The physician should take one closed fist sized dosage of seeds of ''Madanaphala'', pound them and impregnate them with a decoction of ''Yastimadhu'' or one of these-''Kovidara, Karbudara, Nipa, Vidula, Bimbi, Sanapuspi'' and ''Prayakpuspi''-for the whole (previous) night. In the morning, this mix should be pressed and filtered, added with honey and rock salt and heated slightly. The cup filled with the drug should be enchanted with the following hymn:- |
− | “Brahma, Daksa, Asvina, Rudra, Indra, Earth, Moon, Sun, Air, Fire, Sages, medicinal plants and multitude of creatures may protect you.This drug may prove for you as ''Rasayana'' for the sages, nectar for the gods and ambrosia for the best among serpents.” | + | “Brahma, Daksa, Asvina, Rudra, Indra, Earth, Moon, Sun, Air, Fire, Sages, medicinal plants and multitude of creatures may protect you.This drug may prove for you as [[Rasayana]] for the sages, nectar for the gods and ambrosia for the best among serpents.” |
− | After enchanting thus, the physician should administer the drug to the patient facing northward or eastward particularly suffering from ''kaphaja'' fever, ''gulma'' and coryza time and again until bile begins to come out. Thus he vomits well. If the urges are deficient, they should be moved by administering paste of ''Pippali, Amalaka, Sarsapa, Vacha'' and salt dissolved in hot water frequently till bile is seen. This is the entire method of administration of emetic drugs. [14] | + | After enchanting thus, the physician should administer the drug to the patient facing northward or eastward particularly suffering from [[kapha]]ja fever, ''gulma'' and coryza time and again until bile begins to come out. Thus he vomits well. If the urges are deficient, they should be moved by administering paste of ''Pippali, Amalaka, Sarsapa, Vacha'' and salt dissolved in hot water frequently till bile is seen. This is the entire method of administration of emetic drugs. [14] |
− | In all emetic formulations, honey and rock salt should be added for liquefying ''kapha'' (mucus). There is no adverse reaction of honey to heat when added to an emetic formulation as it returns back without digestion and helps in the elimination of impurity. [15] | + | In all emetic formulations, honey and rock salt should be added for liquefying [[kapha]] (mucus). There is no adverse reaction of honey to heat when added to an emetic formulation as it returns back without digestion and helps in the elimination of impurity. [15] |