Thursday, 3 March 2016
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Monday, 4 January 2016
Takradhara ( Head shower by Buttermilk)
Shirodhara ( Oil Shower on head ) Part 2
On Monday
4 Jan 16
Takradhara ( Head shower by Buttermilk)
Butter
milk is used for dhara.
·
Indications-
1. Premature graying of hair.
2. Psoriasis
3. Headache
,specially of chronic type like Migraine
4. Strengthening Immunity by increasing quality & quantity
of Oja .
5. Tingling
numbness of extremities.
6. Makes bony joints more stout
7. Burning sensation all over the body or at the foot
and palm.
·
Preparation of medicated butter milk (
With Amalaki)
1. Medicated Butter milk is prepared on the previous day of Shirodhara
& the decoction on the day of the dhara procedure itself.
2. First 1 liter of cow’s milk is boiled & cooled.
3. 20 ml of curd is added to it & kept overnight
for fermentation.
4. Next day morning curd is churned & we get the
butter milk.
5. Now prepare a Decoction or Kwath --
For
this 2 Kg crude or bharad Amalaki is taken & 8 lit of water is added .Boil it to
reduce it to 2 liters . Decoction is strained to get the clear liquid
Lastly
Buttermilk is added in this Decoction & this liquid is used for Shirodhara
as Medicated Buttermilk
· Preparation
of medicated butter milk ( With Musta & Amalaki)
1. Crushed tubers of Musta or Nagarmotha is taken in a
square cotton piece & tied into
pack.
2. This pack is placed in vessel of 8 Lit capacity .
3. 1.5 lit of cow’s milk & 6 lit of water is taken into this vessel.Mixture is boiled to reduce
it to remain 1.5 lit
4. Then pack of
Musta is squeezed & the decoction is
strained to another vessel
5. To this decoction 20ml of curd is added & kept
over night for fermentation
Next
morning decoction of Amalaki is prepared . For this 2 Kg crude or bharad amalaki
is taken & 8 lit of water is added
.Boil it to reduce it to 2 liters . Decoction is strained to get the clear
liquid
6. This Amalaki decoction is now mixed with already
prepared medicated butter milk & churned vigorously to extract the butter.Butter
is removed & Buttermilk is used for Shirodhara
Preparation of medicated butter milk ( With Jatamansi
& Sarpagandha )
Boil 2 Lit of Milk
.Add 25 Gm powder each of Sarpagandha & Jatamansi .Add 20 ml of curd in it
.Keep this mixture overnight for fermentation
Next day churn this
curd vigorously .Remove the butter from it .Use this medicated Buttermilk for
Shirodhara .Very good material to treat the longstanding cases of Insomnia
Prof.Dr.R.R.Deshpande
--- 9226810630
Dr.Sachin
Sarpotdar -------- 9822795363
Dr,Mayura
Shinde ---------- 7276866831
Saturday, 2 January 2016
Shirodhara ( Oil Shower on head ) Part 1
Shirodhara ( Oil Shower on head ) Part 1
On Sunday
2 Jan 16
Shirodhara /Shiraseka
Introduction – Shirodhara is a type of Murdha Taila .Murdha means
head .Fomentation by warm oil to head is called as Murdha Taila or Shira Tarpan
.Vagbhata in Ah Hr. Sutra 22/23 has described 4 types of Murdha Taila – i)
Shirobyanga ii) Shira Seka iii) Pichu iv) Shirobasti .In all these procedures
oil is expected to retain in head region .In these procedures oil is acting on
head in increasing time from Shirobhanga to Shirobasti .So naturally they are
more beneficial in same ascending sequence
l Continuous pouring of decoction, oil or other
liquids like milk or buttermilk on
forehead & then allowing it to flow over scalp using a specialized
instrument dhara yantra is known as shiraseka, popularly known as shirodhara.
l Here pouring of oil is followed by Abhyanga ( Full
body syncrone massage for 20 minutes) ,Facial massage
Indications: ( Referance – Charak Sutra 5 /78 to 80)
l Headache
l Hair
fall ,Premature graying of hair
l Insomnia
l To
increase the power of sensory & Motor organs
l To
improve skin texture & complexion
l Mental stress
l Hypertension
l Dermatological conditions like eruptions, Psoriasis
( Takra dhara)
l Pediculosis
l Anxiety
l Psychological illness
Material
l 6 feet long
& 4 feet wide cotton cloth for draping the body.
l Medicated or
plain oil or other liquids like milk,buttermilk or decoction
l Cotton pads to cover eyes
l Ribbon of gauze to tie on forehead ( to avoid oil to
enter into eye)
Dhara table
l Depressed head portion to accommodate head (approximately 45cm in diameter)
l A small hole of 1 cm diameter at the centre of the
shallow depression,to drain oil
Dhara yantra
l It consists of dhara pot, coconut shell a small stick
,size of little finger, & wick prepared from the cotton wool or gauze.
l Dhara pot – unique vessel of two liter capacity
having hole of half cm diameter at the bottom of vessel
Preparation of dhara pot
l Plantain or coconut shell is cut into a round, & the diameter of
which should be lesser than that of dhara pot.
l Plantain or coconut shell is gently heated in a direct
fire to reduce its stiffness.
l The nutshell is then placed in the vessel upside
down
l Now the prepared dhara pot is mounted on a stand.
Utility of Specific Dhara Patra
l The coconut shell placed upside down prevents the solid
reaching the pore of Dhara patra & obstruction due to it.
l The wick helps in the steady stream of flow rather
than turbulent flow of liquids.
Prof.Dr.R.R.Deshpande
--- 9226810630
Dr.Sachin
Sarpotdar -------- 9822795363
Dr,Mayura
Shinde ---------- 7276866831
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