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| ==Definition== | | ==Definition== |
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− | The process of increasing the digestive fire without the digestion of toxic waste products (ama) is called deepana.<ref>Parasuram Shasthri, Sharangadhara Samhita, Purva Khand,Chap. 4, ---, verse 1, In: Parasuram Shasthri, Editor. Sharangadhara Samhita.3rd ed. Varanasi: Choukhamba Orientalia;1983.</ref> | + | The process of increasing the digestive fire without the digestion of toxic waste products (ama) is called deepana.<ref>Parasuram Shasthri, Sharangadhara Samhita, Purva Khand,Chap. 4, Deepanapachanadi, verse 1, In: Parasuram Shasthri, Editor. Sharangadhara Samhita.3rd ed. Varanasi: Choukhamba Orientalia;1983.</ref> |
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| ==Synonyms== | | ==Synonyms== |
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| *for patients of tuberculosis (rajayakshma) suffering from bouts of diarrhea (atisara). [Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 8/134] | | *for patients of tuberculosis (rajayakshma) suffering from bouts of diarrhea (atisara). [Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 8/134] |
| *for the removal of distaste in the mouth.[Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 8/136] | | *for the removal of distaste in the mouth.[Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 8/136] |
− | for the treatment of debility due to injury(kshatakheena).[Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 11/84] | + | *for the treatment of debility due to injury(kshatakheena).[Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 11/84] |
| *for the treatment of piles/hemorrhoids (arsha). [Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 14/250] | | *for the treatment of piles/hemorrhoids (arsha). [Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 14/250] |
− | *for the treatment of [[ama]] which gets stuck inside the intestine (pakvasaya) [Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 15/75] | + | *for the treatment of morbid undigested material [[ama]] which gets stuck inside the intestine (pakvasaya) [Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 15/75] |
− | *in the beginning stages of kshayaja kasa [Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 18/150] | + | *in the beginning stages of cough caused due to emaciation (kshayaja kasa) [Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 18/150] |
| *[[vata]] lodged in the alimentary tract.[Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 28/89] | | *[[vata]] lodged in the alimentary tract.[Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 28/89] |
| *If [[vata]] is occluded by food (annavruta vata) [Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 28/196] | | *If [[vata]] is occluded by food (annavruta vata) [Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 28/196] |
− | *Occlusion of apana by samana [Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 28/206] | + | *Occlusion of apana vata by samana vata [Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 28/206] |
− | *Occlusion of udana by apana[Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 28/211] | + | *Occlusion of udana vata by apana vata[Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 28/211] |
| *For the treatment of distension of abdomen(admana) [Su.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana.5/26]<ref name=Susruta/> | | *For the treatment of distension of abdomen(admana) [Su.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana.5/26]<ref name=Susruta/> |
− | The medicines should be administered along with the food in order to attain the deepana effect. [Su.Sa.Uttaratantra.64/75]<ref name=Susruta/> | + | |
| + | The medicines should be administered along with the food in order to attain the deepana effect. [Su.Sa.Uttaratantra.64/75]<ref name=Susruta/> |
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| ==As a prerequisite for purification therapy== | | ==As a prerequisite for purification therapy== |
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| ==More information== | | ==More information== |
− | [[Grahani chikitsa adhyaya]] | + | [[Grahani Chikitsa Adhyaya]] |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |