DHANYA NAGARAJA KWATHA PACHANO DEEPANAS TATHA
The patient is 3+ years old, was suffering with loose stools at the frequency of 3-5 episodes per day since 3-4 days. H/O-Nausea and 2 episodes of vomiting were present.
“LANGANAM PARAMAOUSHADHAM”-----------is the line of treatment followed and suggested. The tot denied the food and I too advocated very “LAGHU AAHAARAAS ” with profound caution against hypoglycaemia and dehydration.
But in the next 2 days the condition turned bad with increase in frequency and the volume of stools with foul odour and tenesmus.(The child took few pieces of kurkure).
Panic enough the mother thought of starting the antibiotics as the water supply around their area was the worst ever and all the disease scenarios were on the outbreak. I just requested the pitiful mother to give away the idea for at least for few days. During the past for a similar history, I had administered “KARPURA RAS” which I liked to avoid this time. I went through our “SAMHITAs”(Yes! We do get the desired gems with a goal in our mind only on searching from the treasures. Believe it.)
I was keen on using easily available drugs and easily processible formulation. It was found that almost all preparations indicated for “Atisara” containing either “SHUNTI and / or DHANYA/DHANYAKA “AND SO THE ABOVE STATED VERSE.
DEEPANA AND PACHANA would be the first line of treatment and why don’t we go alone on that?
Preparation of KWATH:
PANEEYAM SHODASHA GUNAM KSHUNNAE DRAVYAPALAE KSHIPAET
MRUTPATRAE KWATHAYED GRAHYAM ASHTAMAAMSHAAVASHESHITAM
Approximate derivation would be:
50 gms of coarse powder + 800 ml of water------boiling---------à100 ml of kashaya
(SUGGESTIONS AND CORRECTIONS ARE ENTERTAINED)
Dose of Kashaya:
2 palas (approx. 48 ml)
Time of administering Kashaya:
AAHARA RASAPAKAE CHA SANJATAE
Life span of kashaya: 12 hrs
Around 12 gms each of DHANYA AND NAGARA WERE BOILED IN 400 ML OF WATER AND REDUCED TO 5Oml.
Anupaana of kashaya:
Vata pitta kapha
Sugar ¼ 1/8 1/16
Honey 1/16 1/8 ¼
Here it was difficult to select the anupana for the dosha involved was difficult to evaluate. Apana vayu for certain is disturbed. Shall I go with sugar under vata’s dose of anupana?
At the first instance, just 10 ml of kashaya was administered along with 2 pinches of sugar (Bachchae ko kada pilaana aasaani cheez nahi hai.All gimmicks and probable facts told beyond her perceivable power.
My heaven! The child was craving for food within next few minutes and she didn’t purge for the next 4 hrs inspite of the porridge feeding (which she previously did) and the whole kashaya was thus given till night.........
The next day she did well except 1- 2 purges and then again the kashaya was restarted and 10 ml of MUSTA ARISHTAM -on and off (the latter is being given to the kid frequently as a routine Agni deepanam even before).No complain of loose stools thereafter. She is fine then.
Respected Panelists,
I pay my Special Thanks to Dr.G.S.Dehalji who thru his postings established the opinion of administering frequent doses of medicines during emergency in my mind........and Dr.Rangaprasad avargal and Dr.Divakargaru for creating confidence .I owe a lot to them.
Last but never the least to my daughter who took the medicine inspite of the pungentness and bitterness.
This article could have been stated in just 2 lines if I’Id have been a lay -woman........What made me to elaborate this is my MOTHERLIHOOD and to vaunt off the success through our MOTHER-SCIENCE.........
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