THEORY OF GANDUSHA & MUKHA LEPA

THEORY OF GANDUSHA & MUKHA LEPA

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  GANDUSHADI VIDHI /गण्डूषादि विधि- DR. RAOSAHEB.A.DESHMUKH ASSO.PROF; DEPT OF SAMHITA-SIDDHANTA BLDEA’s AVS AYURVEDA MAHAVIDYALAYA,HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTRE, VIJAYAPUR
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   गण्डूष प्रकार/ kinds of gandusha चतुष्प्रकारो गण्डूषः स्निग्धः शमिशोधिौ रोपणश्च त्रयनतत्र त्रत्रषु योज्याश्चलादिषु अन्त्यो व्रणघ्िः
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  GANDUSA SNIGDHA(Lubricating) SHAMANA(Palliative) SHODHANA(purifying) ROPANA(Healing)
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   1. Snigdha{Madhur+Amla+Patu(lavana)} · lubricating, with oils and fats · for vata imbalance disorder. 2. Shamana {Madhur+Tikita+Kashaya} · palliative · for pitta imbalance disorder.
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   3. Shodhana{katu+ Tikita+Amla} · purifying · for kapha imbalance disorder. 4. Ropana {Kashaya+Tikita} · healing. · healing of ulcers.
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   निवाते सातपेस्नवन्ति मृदित नकन्तधकन्तधरः गण्डूषमपपबि ् ककस्जित ् उन्तितानयो पवधारयेत ् गण्डूषमपपबस्न्तवधारयेत ् 1. निवाते - the person should sit in a place devoid of breeze 2. सातपे - but in sunlight 3. स्नवन्ति मृदित नकन्तधकन्तधरः - his shoulders and neck should be massaged and fomented;  4. ककस्जित ् उन्तितानयो - keeping his face slightly lifted up,
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   कफपूणाानयता याव्रव्राणाक्षताअथवा Heshould hold the liquid in his mouth 1. कफपूर्ाास्यता - till the mouth gets filled with kapha or 2. याित्स्रित्स्रार्ाक्षताअथिा - till the nose and eyes start secreting liquid.
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   1. स्नेहः-fats – oil, ghee etc., 2. क्षीरं - milk, 3. मिूिकम्- honey with water 4. शुक्तं – fermented gruel, 5. मध्यं – wine, 6. रसो / mamsarasa – juice of meat, 7. मूत्रं – urine of animals or 8. िान्याम्लं – wash of grains fermented by keeping overnight, These liquids are commonly used in gandusha.
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   Ghee -milk  1. ऊषािाहास्न्तवते पाके - local or general burning sensation (daha), 2. ulceration and 3. क्षते चागन्ततुसंभवे- wounds caused by foreign bodies, 4. पवषे - contact with poison 5. क्षारा -alkalies (kshara) and 6. अस्ग्ििग्धे - burns by fire,
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   Madhu / honey-  Holding honey in the mouth 1. वैशद्यं िियनत आशु - removes the sliminess of the mouth, 2. सन्तिधानत मुखे व्रणाि् -heals the ulcers quickly, 3. िाहतृष्प्णारशमिं - relieves burning sensation and 4. Daha( Thirst).
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   Ksharambu / watercontaining alkalies  Warm water  1. Quickly breaks up the accumulation of kapha. 2.Sukhoshnodakam / holding comfortable  1. वक्त्त्रलाघवम्- lightness and cleansing of the mouth
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   KABALA(Kavala) · Takingliquid into mouth and moving it around by gargling for specific time period is kavala or Kabala. असजिायो मुखे पूणे गण्डूषः, कवलो अन्तयथा  GANDUSA · Filling the mouth with liquids fully not permitting any movement inside is gandusha.
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   1. मन्याशशरःकर्ामुखाक्षक्षरोगाः - diseases of the neck, head, ears, mouth and eyes, 2. प्रसेक - paraseka – excess salivation, 3. कण्ठामय - diseases of the throat, 4. िक्त्रशोषाः - dryness of the mouth, 5. ह्रुल्लास - nausea, 6. तन्रा /tandra – stupor, 7. अरुधि / aruchi – anorexia and 8. पीनसाश्ि / peenasa – rhinitis · are curable by kavala
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   प्रततसारर् /pratisarana – applying herbs to the interior of the mouth with the finger 1. कल्को / kalka – in the form of paste 2. रसकिया / rasakriya – solidified decoction and 3. चूणाः / curna – powder it should be · done in diseases of kapha origin · with the same herbs as suggested for gandusha.
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   मुखलेपः त्रत्रधािोषपवषहा वणाकृ च्च सः Mukhalepa is of three types – 1. िोषहा - doshaha – removing the doshas, 2. पवषहा - vishaha – removing poison and 3. वणाकृ च्च - varnakara – improving complexion Mukha lepa Acc to dosha:  It should be Applied:  Warm- for Vata and pitta  Cold- for pitta imbalance
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   If properlydone, · It cures 1. अकालपशलत – premature graying of hair, 2. ियङ्ग / Vyanga – discolored patch on face 3. िली – Wrinkles, 4. ततशमर / Timira – blindness and 5. नीशलकाः / Neelika – bluish vision (a type of blindness) .
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   अभ्यङ्ग सेकपपचवो बस्नतश्चेनत चतुपवाधम् मूधातैलम् बहुगुणं तद्पवद्यात् उत्तरोत्तरम 1. Shiro abhyanga / अभ्यङ्ग · smearing oil and mild massage, 2. Shiro pariseka / सेक · pouring oil in continuous stream, 3. Shiro pichu / वपििो · keeping cloth soaked in oil over the entire area of scalp 4. Shiro basti / बस्स्त · making the oil poured on the head
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  1. Shiro abhyanga/ अभ्यङ्ग · smearing oil and mild massage, 2. Shiro pariseka / सेक · pouring oil in continuous stream,
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  3. Shiro pichu/ वपििो · keeping cloth soaked in oil over the entire area of scalp. 4. Shiro basti / बस्स्त · making the oil poured on the head.
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   1. Theperson who has been purified – with vamana, virechana etc., Should be gently massaged with oil · and given mild fomentation. 2. Then at the closing of the day (evening) · he should be made to sit on a stool of the height of the knee, · a strap of leather made from the leather of either cow or buffalo, · twelve angula in width ( 8 – 9 inches) and · equal to that of the head in circumference should be wrapped around the head,
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   · Justabove the ears, · covered by a piece of cloth over the forehead, · and fastened tight with a thread. ·  The joints and intervening spaces should be packed with paste of black gram flour in order to prevent leakage of oil. · Then, medicated oil prescribed for the disease, should be poured over the head, in luke warm condition, · to a height of one angula over the skin of the scalp.
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   1.आिक्त्रनाशसको क्लेिाद्- it should be held till secretion of fluid appears in the mouth and nose, 2. Or for a period of · 10,000 matra kala for vata · 8,000 matra kala for pitta · 6,000 matra kala for kapha  · 1000 matra kala for svastha / healthy person  . 1 matra kala = time requried to blink the eye once.