Essentials of Panchakarma Therapy
author: Pulak Kanti Kar
edition: 2013, Chaukhamba Sanskrit Pratishthan
pages: 1445
Topic: Ayurveda
Upanaha sveda
This chapter describes Upanaha sveda located on page 312 from volume Volume 4 in the book Essentials of Panchakarma Therapy compiled by Pulak Kanti Kar. This book presents a Comprehensive view of Panchakarma and includes therapeutic modules and references for the Ayurvedic practitioners. Panchakarma registers the mechanism of the action of Ayurvedic drug..
Volume 4 deals with the principles and Practice of Panchakarma:—The subject is presented in such a way that Ayurvedic people can realise the matter with a ration vision and can perform the therapy in daily practice.
This book fully covers every detail related to Panchakarma (methods for eliminating toxic elements from the body). For example, this chapter describes Upanaha sveda. The five methods are known as Vamana (‘emesis’), Virecana (‘purgation’), Asthapana (‘non-unctuous enema’), Anuvasana (‘unctuous enema’) and Shiro-Virechana (‘head-evacuation’ or ‘snuffing’).
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Upanaha sveda” according to 25 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Sushruta Samhita, volume 4: Cikitsasthana [by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna]
Description of Sveda (fomentation, calorification, etc.). Now we shall discourse on the medical treatment by measures of fomentations, diaphoretic measures, etc. (Sveda-vacaranìya). 1. Sveda (calorification, fomentation, diaphoretic measures, etc.) may be divided into four groups such as, the application of direct heat (Tapa-sveda), fomentation (Ushma-sveda), poulticing (Upanaha sveda) and the application of heated fluids (Drava-sveda)....
Read full contents: Chapter XXXII - Description of Sveda (fomentation, calorification, etc.)
Charaka Samhita (English translation) [by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society]
Diseases Amenable to Sudation Therapy (sveda) 20-24....
Read full contents: Chapter 14 - The Sudation Therapy (sveda)
Sushruta Samhita, Volume 6: Uttara-tantra [by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna]
Treatment of Puyalasa:— Blood-letting (after the application of Sneha and Sveda) and poulticing (Upanaha) of the affected locality are efficacious in the afifection of the eye, known as Puyalasa. The measures and remedies which prove curative in cases of Akshi-paka should as well be employed with discretion in this case by a physician....
Read full contents: Chapter XII - Treatment of Raktaja Ophthalmia
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[Essentials of Panchakarma Therapy: index]
[About the Author (Pulak Kanti Kar)]
[Introduction vol 1 (essentials of Panchakarma)]
[Introduction vol 2 (applied Instruments in Panchakarma)]
[Introduction vol 3 (mechanism of Panchakarma)]
[Introduction vol 4 (practice of Panchakarma)]