Hikka Shwasa Chikitsa: Difference between revisions
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The management protocol for hikka and shwasa includes following: | The management protocol for hikka and shwasa includes following: | ||
#Snehana (unction or oleation): Chest massage on the front, back and sides) with hot sesame oil or mahanarayana oil mixed with rock salt | #Snehana (unction or oleation): Chest massage on the front, back and sides) with hot sesame oil or mahanarayana oil mixed with rock salt | ||
#Swedana (sudation): with dashamula kwatha or erandamula kwatha vapors by means of steam ( bashpa ) or through a | #Swedana (sudation): Fomentation with dashamula kwatha or erandamula kwatha vapors by means of steam (bashpa) or through a tube (nadi). | ||
#Vamana (therapeutic emesis) with mixture of piper (pippali), rock salt and honey, decoction of yasthtimadhu and madanaphala are also used. | #Vamana (therapeutic emesis) with mixture of piper (pippali), rock salt and honey, decoction of yasthtimadhu and madanaphala are also used. | ||
#Virechana(therapeutic purgation) with eranda taila (castor oil),draksha kwatha and triphala kwatha | #Virechana(therapeutic purgation) with eranda taila (castor oil),draksha kwatha and triphala kwatha | ||