The Five Substrata Of Decoctivess

Tuesday, February 3, 2009 15:02
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The Substrata Of Decoctivess From Five Categories Of Taste As Described In This Text, Are The Decoctivess Belonging To The Categories Of Sweet, Acid, Bitter, Pungent And Astringent Tastes. (The Salt Taste Is Excluded).

The Five Modes Of Their Preparations

  1. There Are Five Modes Of Pharmaceutical Preparation Of These Decoctivess, Viz., Expressed Juice, Paste, Decoctions, Cold Infusion And Hot Infusion.
  2. The Fresh Juice Extracted By Mechanical Pressure, Hurb Is Called ‘Expressed Juice’. The Soft Mass Prepared By Rubbing The Drugs Along With Its Juice Is Known As Paste. The Physicians Give The Name Of ‘Decoction’ To That Fluid Which Is Obtained By Bowling Over A Fire.
  3. That Is Called Cold Infusion Which Is Obtained By Crushing A Drug And Keeping In Overnight In Bowled Water; And That Is Called Hot Infusion Which Obtained From A Crushed Drug By Powering Hot Water Over It.
  4. The Potency Of Each Of These Five Preparations Is Superior To Its Succeeding One I.E., Each Proceeding One Is More Powerful Then The Succeeding One. Hence The Preparation Should Be So Made As To A Accord With The Strength Of The Disease As Well As With That Of The Patient. Hence, Any And Every Preparation May Not Be Made Used Of, In Any And Every Case Indiscriminately.

Five Hundred Foremost Decoctivess

The Fifty Groups Of Decoctives Space Mentioned Above.

(1) There Are Life-Promoters, Roborants, Revulsives, Laxatives, Synthesizers, And Digestive-Stimulants; This Hexads Makes One Group Of Decoctives.
Promotives Of Strength, Promotive Of Complexion, Promotives Of Voice, And Cordials; This Terad One Group Of Decoctives.

(2) Appetizers, Anti-Hemorrhoidals Curatives Of Dermatoisis, Anti-Pruritics, Anthelimintisis, And Antidotes To Poison; The Hexad Makes One Group Of Decoctives.

(3) Galactagogues, Galacto-Depurants, Spermato-Poeitics And Spermato-Depurants;- This Tetrad Makes One Group Of Decoctives.

(4) Adjuvant In Oleations, Adjuvant In Sudations, Adjuvant In Emesis, Adjuvant In Purgation, Adjuvant In Corrective Enemata And Adjuvant In Unctuous Enemata And Adjuvant In Errhines; This Heptad Makes One Group Of Decoctives.

(5) Anti-Emitics, Adipsous Agents And Curatives Of Hiccup: This Traid Makes One Group Of Decoctives.

(6) Intestinal Astringents, Fecal Pigment Restorers, Ischuretics, Urine Pigment Restorers And Diuretics: This Pentad Makes One Group Of Decoctives.

(7) Bechics, Antidyspneics Antiphlogistics, Antifebriles And Acopics This Pentad Makes One Group Of Decoctives.

(8) Refrigerants, Calefacients, Antiurticarials, Anodynes And Analgecis; This Pentad Makes One Group Of Decoctives.

(9) Hemostatics, Analgesics, Resunscitators, Procreants And Rejuvenators This Pentad Makes One Group Of Decoctives.

(10) This Is The Exposition Of Those Fifty Principal Group Of Decoctives Given By Way Of Illustrating Their Actions.

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