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| <li>Unfit after consuming: madhu (honey), ghrita (clarified butter), dadhi (curd), dugdha (milk), matsya (fish), madya (fermented drink), yavagu (gruels) </li></ol> | | <li>Unfit after consuming: madhu (honey), ghrita (clarified butter), dadhi (curd), dugdha (milk), matsya (fish), madya (fermented drink), yavagu (gruels) </li></ol> |
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| + | == Procedure for dhumapana == |
| + | * Person should sit in a comfortable posture and breath normally. |
| + | * Place the dhumavarti in dhumanetra and ignite it. |
| + | * Then the person should inhale the smoke come out from the dhumavarti through one nostril. |
| + | * Exhale the same through mouth. |
| + | * In one round three puffs should be taken. |
| + | * Do the same procedure through another nostril. |
| + | * Inhalation of smoke can be done by nostril or mouth but exhalation should only be done through mouth. |
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| + | == Clinical features of proper dhumapana [ Cha.Sa. Sutra Sthana 5/37] == |
| + | * Purity and lightness in chest region (hrudaya),throat (kantha) and all sense organs (indriya), lightness in head and supra clavicular region (urdhvajatru). |
| + | * Elimination of kapha and vata dosha. |
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| + | == Clinical features of less dhumapana [Su.Sa. Chikitsa Sthana 40/12] == |
| + | * Unclear voice |
| + | * Kapha in kantha (throat) |
| + | * Heaviness and stiffness in head |
| + | * Unclear oral cavity |
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| + | == Clinical features of excess dhumapana == |
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