Changes

Sixteen preparations with decoctions, six in oil, eight in ghee, five in fermented liquors, three as linctus and one with ''kampillaka'' thus total thirty nine tested formulations of ''saptala'' & ''shankhini'' have been described. They are useful in combination or separately. [18-19]

Sixteen preparations with decoctions, six in oil, eight in ghee, five in fermented liquors, three as linctus and one with ''kampillaka'' thus total thirty nine tested formulations of ''saptala'' & ''shankhini'' have been described. They are useful in combination or separately. [18-19]

=== ''Tattva Vimarsha'' ===

=== ''Tattva Vimarsha'' / Fundamental Principles===

*''Saptala'' (Euphorbia pilosa) and ''shankhini'' (Euphorbia dracanculoides) are purgatives with sharp, instantaneous pharmacological effects.  

*''Saptala'' (Euphorbia pilosa) and ''shankhini'' (Euphorbia dracanculoides) are purgatives with sharp, instantaneous pharmacological effects.  

*They are mainly indicated in diseases with abnormally increased fluid accumulation in body cavities.  

*They are mainly indicated in diseases with abnormally increased fluid accumulation in body cavities.  

=== ''Vidhi Vimarsha'' ===

=== ''Vidhi Vimarsha'' / Applied Inferences===

These are indicated in management of ''gulma'' (abdominal lump), ''gara'' (slow poisoning), ''hridroga'' (cardiac disorder), ''kushtha'' (skin diseases), ''shopha'' (swellings), ''udara'' ( abdominal diseases) due to the presence of property like ''vikasi'' ( by spreading in the body, tissues produces lassitude including joints), ''tikshana'' ( a property which exerts immediate, strong and effect), ''ruksha'' (which produces dryness, roughness and hardness), by these properties it pacifies ''kapha dosha'' in persons predominating ''kapha''. Various formulations are mentioned in this chapter.  

These are indicated in management of ''gulma'' (abdominal lump), ''gara'' (slow poisoning), ''hridroga'' (cardiac disorder), ''kushtha'' (skin diseases), ''shopha'' (swellings), ''udara'' ( abdominal diseases) due to the presence of property like ''vikasi'' ( by spreading in the body, tissues produces lassitude including joints), ''tikshana'' ( a property which exerts immediate, strong and effect), ''ruksha'' (which produces dryness, roughness and hardness), by these properties it pacifies ''kapha dosha'' in persons predominating ''kapha''. Various formulations are mentioned in this chapter.