The word ‘deepana’ literally means kindling, inflaming, setting on fire. In human biology, it means stimulating digestion.<ref>Monier-Williams, Monier-Williams Sanskrit- English Dictionary, 1st edition; Oxford University Press, dipana, Page 481.</ref> Deepana is a pacification treatment [A.Hr.Sutra Sthana 14/6]<ref name= Hridaya > Vagbhata. Ashtanga Hridayam. Edited by Harishastri Paradkar Vaidya. 1st ed. Varanasi: Krishnadas Academy;2000.</ref> especially for [[kapha]][[dosha]]. It is an essential prerequisite before therapeutic emesis ([[vamana]]) and therapeutic purgation ([[virechana]]). [A.Hr.Sutra Sthana 13/29]<ref name=Hridaya/> | The word ‘deepana’ literally means kindling, inflaming, setting on fire. In human biology, it means stimulating digestion.<ref>Monier-Williams, Monier-Williams Sanskrit- English Dictionary, 1st edition; Oxford University Press, dipana, Page 481.</ref> Deepana is a pacification treatment [A.Hr.Sutra Sthana 14/6]<ref name= Hridaya > Vagbhata. Ashtanga Hridayam. Edited by Harishastri Paradkar Vaidya. 1st ed. Varanasi: Krishnadas Academy;2000.</ref> especially for [[kapha]][[dosha]]. It is an essential prerequisite before therapeutic emesis ([[vamana]]) and therapeutic purgation ([[virechana]]). [A.Hr.Sutra Sthana 13/29]<ref name=Hridaya/> |