Astanga Hrudaya
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विषाभिघातपिटिकाकुष्ठशोफविसर्पिणः। कामलापाण्डुमेहार्तान्नातिस्निग्धान् विशोधयेत्॥५६॥
Persons who are suffering from poison , Abhighata (Trauma), Pitika(skin eruption), Kushta – skin diseases, Shopha (inflammation), Visarpa- herpes, Kamala (Jaundice), Anaemia and Diabetes, should be given the purgative therapy without too much of Snehana (oleation. Mild oleation itself is sufficient for them
english translation
सर्वान् स्नेहविरेकैश्च, रूक्षैस्तु स्नेहभावितान्। कर्मणां वमनादीनां पुनरप्यन्तरेऽन्तरे॥५७॥
All of them should be given fatty purgatives; those who have had oleation earlier should be given dry- non- fatty purgatives. (Note: Virechana is of two types. Snigdha Virechana and Rooksha Virechana)
english translation
स्नेहस्वेदौ प्रयुञ्जीत, स्नेहमन्ते बलाय च। मलो हि देहादुत्क्लेश्य ह्रियते वाससो यथा॥५८॥
Snigdha Virechana- done by fatty purgative, such as a castor oil. Or the fatty material is mixed with herbs. Such as Castor oil mixed with Haritaki. Rooksha Virechana – wherein dry purgative herb alone is given. For example, Trivrit Lehyam.
english translation
स्नेहस्वेदैस्तथोत्क्लिष्टः शोध्यते शोधनैर्मलः। स्नेहस्वेदावनभ्यस्य कुर्यात्संशोधनं तु यः॥५९॥
Doshas getting loosened from the body by oleation and Sweating therapies are expelled out by purification therapies just like the dirt from the cloth – by washing. The body of the person who resorts to purification therapies without undergoing oleation and Sweating habitually, gets broken just like a log of dry wood while being bent.
english translation
दारु शुष्कमिवानामे शरीरं तस्य दीर्यते बुद्धिप्रसादं बलमिन्द्रियाणां धातुस्थिरत्वं ज्वलनस्य दीप्तिम्। चिराच्च पाकं वयसः करोति संशोधनं सम्यगुपास्यमानम्॥ ६०॥
Shodhana Phala- benefits of Purification therapies:- Clarity of the mind, strength of the sense organs, stability of the tissues, keenness of digestive power and slow ageing occur from purification therapies, properly undertaken.
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