Symptoms of Proper & Improper Vaman

Vaman (Therapeutic Vomition ) –

Part 4 on 11 Nov 15 ,Wednesday,Laxmi Pujan ,Deepavali

Symptoms of proper vaman karma ( Samyak Yog)

•      Removal of Primarily vitiated kapha ,followed by pitta

•      After removal of vitiated doshas, episodes of  vomiting stops automatically

•      Feeling of lightness in chest ,abdomen and head

•      Freshness of the body

•      After vaman karma, patient may feel weakness for couple of days

Symptoms of incomplete vaman karma ( Ayog)

•      No expulsion  of impure doshas, only expulsion  of vaman dravyas

•      Feeling of tightness in the chest & abdomen

•      Heaviness in the body

•      Uricaria rash, itching, fever

•      In incomplete vamana, impure doshas are retained in the body. They can create many  other diseases.

Symptoms of excess vaman karma ( Atiyog)

Considering this complication ,written consent before Vaman is advisable  

•      Vomiting with fresh blood or blood stained

•      Symptoms of dehydration- Dryness of the mouth, excess thirst , giddiness, tachycardia etc.Even hypovolumic shock

After treatment of Vaman

•      Patient’s mouth ,face ,chest ,abdominal part should be cleaned by towel ,soaked in warm water

•      Person should take rest for some time.

•      Stay in a room devoid of heavy breeze.

•      Patient should be provided some pan .Because after vaman when patient is shifted to indoor ward ,patient may get 1 or 2 bouts of vomiting or there may be some excessive salivation & patient may want to spit

•      Even some patients may get 1 or 2 times loose motions. Patient should be informed about that

•      Dhumapana- Generally it is done with a specially prepared stick.( Dhuma varti or Aturvedic Cigar like Nirdosha ).Some times we can put Bajara flour on hot plate & fumes coming from it can be inhaled.In vamana, impure dosha is situated in stomach is excreted through mouth. Some impurities may remain in throat, mouth and nose. For removing of  of this remnant of kapha dosha, dhumpana is indicated.

•      Mostly vairechanic dhumpana is done with manahshila, haratal (purified arsenic compounds), dhattur patra (Dhattura stramonium), Aguru (Aquilaria agallocha) etc.If above drugs are not available, Vacha powder or Pippali powder is also used. Especially in asthmatic patients pippali is used for dhoomapan.

•      Follow the Sansarjana krama (Post therapeutic regimen).Immediately after vaman karma, digestive power of the patient  becomes  poor. The digestive power is restored by avoiding specific diet after completion of shodhana treatment. It is termed as sansarjana krama. In this process, firstly light, liquid diet is advised to the patient. From Liquid diet ,patient is brought to normal diet ,within a span of 5 to 8 days .For example first 2 days liquid diet like luke warm water,Laja manda, Kharjur month, Vegetable soups, Fruit juice, Medicated herbal Teas etc Then next 2 days soft & light diet like rice, Khichadi.Next 2 days Jwar or  Bajara Bhakari ,Green leafy vegetables .Then normal diet but less in amount & avoiding spicy ,oily food .

Don’ts after Vaman

•      After vaman, patient become weak i.e. convalescent phase and hence avoid following things, which will vitiated Tridosha

•      Excess talking, movements, suppression of natural urges, long vehicle journey, sleeping during day time, not sleeping during night. Avoidance of sansarjana krama.

•      If someone wants to perform the whole panchakarmas then after vaman karma, do the sansarjan krama and then go for virechan karma. One have to do snehan, swedan again as a pretreatment for Virechan.

•      If no other panchakarmas are to be performed then after sansarjana krama go for medicinal therapy which may be Rasayan (for rejuvenation) or may be shaman (therapeutic).

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