A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.419.2

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the treatment with the snaihika type should be continued until tears begin to flow, the vairecanika type until the doṣas are eliminated; rules regarding the vāmanīya and kāsaghna types (40.18); 432 the fumigation of sores (40.19); an errhine (nasya) is a (powdered) drug or a medicated fatty substance (sneha), administered through the nostrils; it is of two main types: śirovirecana (evacuative with regard to the head) and snehana (oleating); five varieties are distinguished: nasya, śirovirecana, pratimārśa, avapīḍa, and pradhamana; nasya and śirovirecana are the most important varieties; pratimārśa is a special form of nasya; avapīḍa and pradhamana are special forms of śirovirecana; the term nasya covers all five varieties (40.21); 433 the preparation of a nasya and a śirovirecana, their indications, and the times of their administration (40.22–24); 434 the technique of administering a śirovirecana errhine and the rules to be observed by the patient (40.25–27); 435 the administration of a snehana errhine, which should not be retained and swallowed, but spit out; the minimum dose is eight drops, the intermediate dose a śukti, 436 the maximum dose a pāṇiśukti 437 (40.28–30); after-treatment; things to be avoided by the patient (40.31); the signs of adequate, deficient and excessive administration of a snehana errhine (40.32–35); the proper doses of a śirovirecana errhine are four, six or eight drops, dependent on the strength of the patient;