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SPECIAL METHODS OF TREATMENT(Vishishta Chikitsa Vidhi Vidhi = Doshopakramaniya)Prologue:Thereafter, the Sage Vidyajnana said, “O! Great Sage, hear me.Diet for Aggravated Vayu:As per the specific treatment for each of the doshas [the explanation is as follows]:For alleviation of the aggravated vayu (vata) which is associated with either cold or heat, the sesame oil is the best. In addition, the ingredients of diet and drink for the alleviation of this aggravated vayu are jaggary, wine, old-ghee, mutton, meat of marmot, horse and donkey, human-flesh, garlic, onion, etc. which are heavy, unctuous, soft and hot.Regimens for Aggravated Vayu:For the alleviation of aggravated vayu, one should reside in a dark-house (free from strong wind) and in a warm place; should indulge in pleasing talk, sleep in a comfortable bed and should wear warm cloth.[ref. Vagbhata’s Astanga-Hridaya : Sutra 13 : 2]Medicines for Aggravated Vayu:Recipes for the treatment of aggravated vayu are as follows :(i) Soup of the skull-bone of sheep;(ii) The meat which is collected by boiling the skull-bone of the sheep;(iii) Decoction prepared of the four rejuvenating drugs, [viz., old jaggery, butter, meat and wine];Special Methods of Treatment Page 97Source: Dash, Tibetan Medicine, 1994: p. 97(iv) Decoction of three drugs including hingu (asafoetida) [two others are ginger and rock salt};(v) Powder jati (jatiphala – nut meg) and hingu (asafoetida);(vi) White-soup [prepared of butter, etc.];(vii) Meat-soup;(viii) Garlic-soup;(ix) Sour-soups; and(x) Medicated ghee prepared by boiling ghee with jati (nut meg), lasuna (garlic), vatsanabha (aconite), human-bone, triphala and dashamula. In brief, aggravated vayu should be treated with ingredients which are sweet (madhura), sour (amla), saline (lavana), unctuous (oily rich creamy – snigdha) and hot (ushna – not cold foods or uncooked raw foods).[ref. Vagbhata’s Astanga-Hridaya: Sutra 13 : 1]Therapeutic Measures for Aggravated Vayu:For the treatment of aggravated vayu, anuvasana type of medicated enema (basti) prepared of old ghee is especially useful.[Vagbhata’s Astanga-Hridaya: Sutra 13 : 2]External Therapy for Aggravated Vayu:External therapies which are useful in the treatment of aggravated vayu are as follows :(i) Massage with one year old ghee or butter;(ii) Fomentation of the afflicted or painful part of the body with unctuoussmoke;(iii) Kneading of the head; and(iv) Fomentation with a hot pottali (bolus containing hot sand or salt).[ref. Vagbhata’s Astanga-Hridaya : Sutra 13 : 1-2]