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Digestive power can be pacified by taking foods and drinks which are heavy to digest, unctuous, cold, sweet and liquid same way as fire is extinguishes by water in nature. The patient should be administered food at regular interval although previously eaten meal is undigested so that ''atyagni'' due to lack of fuel does not digest the tissues [220-222] | Digestive power can be pacified by taking foods and drinks which are heavy to digest, unctuous, cold, sweet and liquid same way as fire is extinguishes by water in nature. The patient should be administered food at regular interval although previously eaten meal is undigested so that ''atyagni'' due to lack of fuel does not digest the tissues [220-222] | ||
==== Management of atyagni ==== | ==== Management of ''atyagni'' ==== | ||
पायसं कृशरां स्निग्धं पैष्टिकं गुडवैकृतम्||२२३|| | पायसं कृशरां स्निग्धं पैष्टिकं गुडवैकृतम्||२२३|| | ||
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AvikaM ca bhRutaM mAMsamadyAdatyagninAshanam [46] | | AvikaM ca bhRutaM mAMsamadyAdatyagninAshanam [46] | | ||
''Payasa'' (milk pudding), ''krishara'' (thick gruel prepared of rice and lentils), ''snigdha'' (unctuous), ''paiṣṭika'' (resembling flour paste), various jaggery products, meat of aquatic animals or marshy area especially fish which is mainly in smooth (not salty) and stable water and roasted meat of sheep may be given to pacify the ''atyagni'' [223-224] | |||
यवागूं समधूच्छिष्टां घृतं वा क्षुधितः पिबेत्||२२५|| | यवागूं समधूच्छिष्टां घृतं वा क्षुधितः पिबेत्||२२५|| | ||
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payo vA sharkarAsarpirjIvanIyauShadhaiH shRutam||226|| | payo vA sharkarAsarpirjIvanIyauShadhaiH shRutam||226|| | ||
''Yavagu'' (thick gruel) mixed with bee wax or ''ghrita'' should be given whenever patient feels hungry. ''Mantha'' prepared from wheat flour or venesection may be advised. Milk medicated with ''jeevaniya'' group of drugs along with sugar and ''ghrita'' may be given [225-226] | |||
फलानां तैलयोनीनामुत्क्रुञ्चाश्च [४७] सशर्कराः| | फलानां तैलयोनीनामुत्क्रुञ्चाश्च [४७] सशर्कराः| | ||
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mArdavaM janayantyagneH snigdhA mAMsarasAstathA||227|| | mArdavaM janayantyagneH snigdhA mAMsarasAstathA||227|| | ||
Paste of fruits, substances containing oil like tila (sesame seeds) with sugar and meat soup with ghee pacifies the agni | Paste of fruits, substances containing oil like ''tila'' (sesame seeds) with sugar and meat soup with ghee pacifies the ''agni'' [227] | ||
पिबेच्छीताम्बुना सर्पिर्मधूच्छिष्टेन संयुतम्| | पिबेच्छीताम्बुना सर्पिर्मधूच्छिष्टेन संयुतम्| | ||
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tAbhyAM vA pAyasaM siddhamadyAdatyagnishAntaye||230|| | tAbhyAM vA pAyasaM siddhamadyAdatyagnishAntaye||230|| | ||
The patient should take | The patient should take ''ghrita'' with beeswax along with cold water as ''anupana''. Patient may take wheat flour with milk and ghee. | ||
Patient may be advised to take three sneha i.e. ghee, abinal fat, | Patient may be advised to take three ''sneha'' i.e. ghee, abinal fat, bone-marrow fortified with meat soup of animals residing in marshy areas. Milk mixed with wheat flour and curd along with three ''sneha'' (''ghrita, vasa, majja'') may be given. Bark of ''udumbara'' mixed with human milk and milk pudding prepared from ''udumbara'' and human milk helps in pacifying the ''atyagni'' [228-230] | ||
श्यामात्रिवृद्विपक्वं वा पयो दद्याद्विरेचनम्| | श्यामात्रिवृद्विपक्वं वा पयो दद्याद्विरेचनम्| | ||
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prasamIkShya bhiShak prAj~jastasmai dadyAdvidhAnavit| | prasamIkShya bhiShak prAj~jastasmai dadyAdvidhAnavit| | ||
Milk medicated with | Milk medicated with ''syama'' and ''trivritta'' may be advised for ''virechana'' for alleviating the ''pitta'' followed by diet of milk pudding. Expert physician should follow the line of treatment after proper examination of patient [231] | ||
यत्किञ्चिन्मधुरं मेद्यं श्लेष्मलं गुरुभोजनम्||२३२|| | यत्किञ्चिन्मधुरं मेद्यं श्लेष्मलं गुरुभोजनम्||२३२|| | ||
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samadhAtoH pacatyannaM puShTyAyurbalavRuddhaye| | samadhAtoH pacatyannaM puShTyAyurbalavRuddhaye| | ||
Foods which are sweet in taste, fatty, increases kapha and heavy to digest should be given. All food items are good for | Foods which are sweet in taste, fatty, increases ''kapha'' and heavy to digest should be given. All food items are good for ''atyagni'' and sleeping after meals during day time is beneficial in ''atyagni''. Patient who takes fatty diet even though he is not hungry does not succumb to death. If he is suffering from ''atyagni'' on the other hand such diet pattern is nutritional. Whenever due to medication and diet, ''kapha'' is increased; it subdues ''pitta'' and ''vata'' and normalizes the ''agni''. | ||
When | When ''dhatus'' are in equilibrium ''anna'' gets digested resulting in increase in nutrition, longevity and strength [232-234] | ||
==== Improper dietary habits ==== | ==== Improper dietary habits ==== | ||