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==== Indication and contraindications ====

==== Indication and contraindications ====

Hot ''pradeha'' is indicated in ''vāta'' and ''kapha'' ailments while cold ''pradeha'' in conditions due to ''pittaja'' and ''raktaja'' disorders <ref>Ibidem Dalhana, commentator (18), Su 18/6. </ref> It is also stated that ''alepa'' is indicated in non-suppurative, inflammatory swellings (''avidagdha sopha'') whereas ''pradeha/upnah'' (poultice) is used for suppurative swellings29. ''Pradeha'' could also be applied at night in case of swellings caused by ''vata'' and ''kapha''<ref>Ibidem Dalhana, commentator (18), Su.18/12-14. </ref>

Hot ''pradeha'' is indicated in ''vāta'' and ''kapha'' ailments while cold ''pradeha'' in conditions due to ''pittaja'' and ''raktaja'' disorders <ref>Ibidem Dalhana, commentator (18), Su 18/6. </ref> It is also stated that ''alepa'' is indicated in non-suppurative, inflammatory swellings (''avidagdha sopha'') whereas ''pradeha/upnah'' (poultice) is used for suppurative swellings<ref>Ibidem Dalhana, commentator (18), Su.18/6-9.</ref> ''Pradeha'' could also be applied at night in case of swellings caused by ''vata'' and ''kapha''<ref>Ibidem Dalhana, commentator (18), Su.18/12-14. </ref>

Pastes should not be used at night. Stale paste, pastes applied on top of an existing layer, or repeating of used pastes are prohibited<ref>Ibidem Sushruta Samhitā (9), Su.18/12-14. </ref>  

Pastes should not be used at night. Stale paste, pastes applied on top of an existing layer, or repeating of used pastes are prohibited<ref>Ibidem Sushruta Samhitā (9), Su.18/12-14. </ref>  

===== Some references related to external medications in [[Kushtha Chikitsa]] <ref>Ibidem Charaka Sammhitā (1), CikitsaSthāna.7. </ref> =====

===== Some references related to external medications in [[Kushtha Chikitsa]] <ref>Ibidem Charaka Sammhitā (1), CikitsaSthāna.7. </ref> =====