==== Herbs used For ''Shirovirechana''(catharsis of cephalic region) ====
==== Herbs used For ''Shirovirechana''(catharsis of cephalic region) ====
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The drug ''Apamarga'' (Achyranthes aspera Linn.) is considered to be the potential drug to eliminate vitiating factors from head. [Ca.Su.25/40] ''Surasa'' (Ocimum sanctum Linn.), ''Shweta Surasa'' (Ocimum sanctum Linn.), ''Phanijjaka'' (Origanum majorana), ''Kutheraka'' (Ocimum canum) are the drugs of ''Surasadi gana''. [Su.Su.38], and are said to be ''krimighna'' (antimicrobial) and ''kaphaghna'' (which alleviate phlegm). Chakrapanidatta terms ''Ajagandha'' as ''Ajamoda'' (Apium graveolens Linn.). The reference of ''krimi''(microbe) in the context of those invading the head and not the body. <ref>www.iamj.in/posts/images/upload/298_303.pdfnopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/.../IJTK%208(3)%20372-378.pdftheglobaljournals.com/gra/file.php?val=September_2014...42.pdf </ref>[ verse 1-6]
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The drug ''Apamarga'' (Achyranthes aspera Linn.) is considered to be the potential drug to eliminate vitiating factors from head. [Ca.Su.25/40] ''Surasa'' (Ocimum sanctum Linn.), ''Shweta Surasa'' (Ocimum sanctum Linn.), ''Phanijjaka'' (Origanum majorana), ''Kutheraka'' (Ocimum canum) are the drugs of ''Surasadi gana''. [Su.Su.38], and are said to be ''krimighna'' (antimicrobial) and ''kaphaghna'' (which alleviate phlegm). Chakrapanidatta terms ''Ajagandha'' as ''Ajamoda'' (Apium graveolens Linn.). The reference of ''krimi''(microbe) in the context of those invading the head and not the body. <ref> Available from ww.iamj.in/posts/images/upload/298_303.pdfnopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/.../IJTK%208(3)%20372-378.pdftheglobaljournals.com/gra/file.php?val=September_2014...42.pdf </ref> [verse 1-6]