Anticipated negative effects, Precautions to be taken, Administration

Article by Dr Raghuram Y.S. MD (Ay) & Dr Manasa S, B.A.M.S

Snehana will be administered for all dosha situations. So, pitta will not be an exception. Virechana is one of the best remedy for prime pitta people and excessive pitta issues, Vamana too. For administration of vamana or virechana, snehana and swedana are obligatory purvakarmas (preparatory procedures). So, snehana will inevitably come into the equation whereas coping with excessive pitta situations.

However there are particular specific guidelines and laws which have to be adopted as per directions by Acharyas within the treatises. Else, negative effects of snehana shall happen.

On this article we will focus on using snehana for pitta people, the negative effects of wrongly administered snehana, precautions to be taken and strategies of managing the unwell results of erroneously administered snehana in pitta situations.

Snehana in Pitta people and situations by which side-effects will be anticipated

Aspect-effects of administering snehana throughout mid-day, daytime or summer season

In circumstances of excessive pitta situations, Snehana must be administered within the night time, and likewise in excessive vata situations. In case of excessive kapha situations, snehana shall be administered throughout mid-day.

Unintended effects of snehana can happen whether it is administered in opposition to these guidelines i.e. if snehana is run throughout mid-day in excessive pitta situations.

Administering snehana in daytime or mid-day in pitta (and vata) situations could cause negative effects like bhrama – fainting, trshna – thirst, unmada – madness, psychoses, kamala – jaundice and so on. Comparable side-effects or problems happen if snehana is completed in excessive pitta situations at day time in grishma rtu i.e. summer season.

Precaution – Gauze the daylight and season earlier than administering snehana in pitta people and in pitta issues.

Aspect-effects of administering snehana in extreme dose

Pitta individuals may have Mrdu Koshta i.e. simple bowel actions. Sneha has Sara Guna i.e. ‘movement’ high quality. When Sneha is given in additional doses to individuals with Pitta predominance, it can induce purgation. So, the intention with which Sneha has been administered will probably be nullified. So, dose calculation of Sneha, although, is a vital and difficult a part of preparatory procedures for Panchakarma, extra so in situations and individuals having pitta predominance.

Precaution – Ensure your arithmetic in relation to calculation of correct dosage of Sneha for pitta is spot on.

Aspect-effects as a result of type of Sneha utilized in Snehana

Sarpi / Ghrita – ghee is the preferable Sneha for vata-pitta individuals and vata-pitta issues.

Taila – oil must be administered in situations brought on by elevated vata, kapha and meda, ideally in chilly seasons. Administration of taila in pitta individuals and in pitta issues would irritate pitta and trigger pitta associated signs and problems as side-effects of snehana.

Precaution – Whereas coping with pitta, favor ghrita and keep away from taila.

Aspect-effects of Sneha in pitta people in relation to kostha

Pitta people have mrdu kostha i.e. simple or clean bowel actions. Compared to kapha and vata people, defecation is straightforward in pitta people, owing to sara high quality of pitta, which has a pure tendency to movement out. These people purge simply by consumption of sugarcane juice, jaggery, curd-water, milk, curds, candy pudding (payasa), ghee, krshara and so on. So, warning must be taken whereas giving ghee therapeutically, particularly in deciding the proper dosage. Mrudu Koshta is as a result of dominance of pitta in grahani – small gut and least affect of kapha and vata on this zone.

Precaution – must be taken in deciding the correct dosage of Sneha – ghee.

Aspect-effects of Sneha administered when there’s excessive pitta in grahani together with robust digestive hearth

When there’s excessive pitta within the grahani – duodenum / small gut and robust digestive hearth, the Sneha taken by the particular person will rapidly be digested very quickly, by the motion of robust agni – digestive hearth. The robust agni consumes even heavy doses of Sneha and after rapidly digesting it will displace ojas from its place, and aggravates thirst with extreme dreadful problems. Even heavy meals taken wouldn’t fulfill the agni which has severely elevated as a result of consumption of Sneha.

Precaution – The standing of pitta within the gut and the character of agni must be analyzed earlier than deciding to manage snehana for pitta people as a result of agni itself is represented within the pitta.

Administration – The particular person won’t really feel happy if he doesn’t drink chilly water presently. Subsequently, chilly water is the only real treatment for the particular person at this level of time. If he doesn’t eat chilly water on this situation, he might die, identical to a venomous snake mendacity amidst a heap of wooden dies with the fireplace of its personal toxic breath.

If the affected person will get extreme thirst as a result of indigestion of Sneha, vamana – emesis must be administered, after having given chilly water and unctuous meals.

Aspect-effects of administering achcha-sneha in extreme pitta enhance and sama pitta situations

Accha Sneha – unmixed / pure ghee shouldn’t be administered in case of extreme enhance of pitta and likewise in situations whereby there’s affiliation of ama with pitta i.e. sama pitta situations. If taken, it might trigger a extreme type of jaundice and will show deadly by severely impairing the consciousness.

Precaution – Achcha Sneha must be prevented when there’s extreme pitta enhance and in presence of indicators and signs of sama pitta.

Common Administration

The negative effects of improper alternative or administration of snehana in pitta people or excessive pitta situations shall be in accordance with the negative effects which get manifested.

Relying on the negative effects or improper indicators of oleation, a number of of the under talked about measures must be adopted in managing the situations – Vamana – emesis

• Vamana – emesis
• Swedana – sudation
• Langhana – lightening therapies, fasting
• Virechana – purgation
• Triphala Churna administration
• Takrarishta administration
• Snigdha Annapana – unctuous meals and drinks
• Gomutra – urine of cow

Particular administration of side-effects of Sneha in pitta people and excessive pitta situations have been talked about within the above paragraphs, as per the context and wish.