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GANDUSHADI VIDHI / गण्डूषादि
विधि-
DR. RAOSAHEB.A.DESHMUKH
ASSO.PROF;
DEPT OF SAMHITA-SIDDHANTA
BLDEA’s AVS AYURVEDA
MAHAVIDYALAYA,HOSPITAL &
RESEARCH CENTRE, VIJAYAPUR

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 गण्डूष प्रकार / kinds of gandusha
चतुष्प्रकारो गण्डूषः स्निग्धः शमिशोधिौ
रोपणश्च त्रयनतत्र त्रत्रषु योज्याश्चलादिषु
अन्त्यो व्रणघ्िः

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GANDUSA
SNIGDHA(Lubricating)
SHAMANA(Palliative)
SHODHANA(purifying)
ROPANA(Healing)

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 1. Snigdha{Madhur+Amla+ Patu(lavana)}
· lubricating, with oils and fats
· for vata imbalance disorder.
2. Shamana {Madhur+Tikita+Kashaya}
· palliative
· for pitta imbalance disorder.

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 3. Shodhana {katu+ Tikita+Amla}
· purifying
· for kapha imbalance disorder.
4. Ropana {Kashaya+Tikita}
· healing.
· healing of ulcers.

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 निवाते सातपे स्नवन्ति मृदित नकन्तधकन्तधरः
गण्डूषमपपबि ् ककस्जित ् उन्तितानयो पवधारयेत ्
गण्डूषमपपबस्न्तवधारयेत ्
1. निवाते - the person should sit in a place devoid
of breeze
2. सातपे - but in sunlight
3. स्नवन्ति मृदित नकन्तधकन्तधरः - his shoulders and
neck should be massaged and fomented;
 4. ककस्जित ् उन्तितानयो - keeping his face slightly
lifted up,

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 कफपूणाानयता याव्रव्राणाक्षताअथवा
He should hold the liquid in his mouth
1. कफपूर्ाास्यता - till the mouth gets filled with
kapha or
2. याित्स्रित्स्रार्ाक्षताअथिा - till the nose and eyes
start secreting liquid.

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 1. स्नेहः- fats – oil, ghee etc.,
2. क्षीरं - milk,
3. मिूिकम्- honey with water
4. शुक्तं – fermented gruel,
5. मध्यं – wine,
6. रसो / mamsarasa – juice of meat,
7. मूत्रं – urine of animals or
8. िान्याम्लं – wash of grains fermented by keeping overnight,
These liquids are commonly used in gandusha.

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 Ghee - milk  1. ऊषािाहास्न्तवते पाके - local or
general burning sensation (daha),
2. ulceration and
3. क्षते चागन्ततुसंभवे- wounds caused
by foreign bodies,
4. पवषे - contact with poison
5. क्षारा -alkalies (kshara) and
6. अस्ग्ििग्धे - burns by fire,

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 Madhu /
honey -
 Holding honey in the mouth
1. वैशद्यं िियनत आशु - removes the
sliminess of the mouth,
2. सन्तिधानत मुखे व्रणाि् -heals the ulcers
quickly,
3. िाहतृष्प्णारशमिं - relieves burning
sensation and
4. Daha( Thirst).

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 Ksharambu /
water containing
alkalies

Warm water
 1. Quickly breaks up the
accumulation of kapha.
2.Sukhoshnodakam / holding
comfortable

1. वक्त्त्रलाघवम्- lightness and
cleansing of the mouth

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 KABALA(Kavala)
· Taking liquid into
mouth and moving it
around by gargling for
specific time period is
kavala or Kabala.
असजिायो मुखे पूणे गण्डूषः, कवलो अन्तयथा
 GANDUSA
· Filling the mouth
with liquids fully not
permitting any movement
inside is gandusha.

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 1. मन्याशशरः कर्ामुखाक्षक्षरोगाः - diseases of the neck, head,
ears, mouth and eyes,
2. प्रसेक - paraseka – excess salivation,
3. कण्ठामय - diseases of the throat,
4. िक्त्रशोषाः - dryness of the mouth,
5. ह्रुल्लास - nausea,
6. तन्रा /tandra – stupor,
7. अरुधि / aruchi – anorexia and
8. पीनसाश्ि / peenasa – rhinitis
· are curable by kavala

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 प्रततसारर् / pratisarana
– applying herbs to the interior of the mouth with the finger
1. कल्को / kalka – in the form of paste
2. रसकिया / rasakriya – solidified decoction and
3. चूणाः / curna – powder
it should be
· done in diseases of kapha origin
· with the same herbs as suggested for gandusha.

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 मुखलेपः त्रत्रधा िोषपवषहा वणाकृ च्च सः
Mukhalepa is of three types –
1. िोषहा - doshaha – removing the doshas,
2. पवषहा - vishaha – removing poison and
3. वणाकृ च्च - varnakara – improving complexion
Mukha lepa Acc to dosha:
 It should be Applied:
 Warm- for Vata and pitta
 Cold- for pitta imbalance

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 If properly done,
· It cures
1. अकालपशलत – premature graying of hair,
2. ियङ्ग / Vyanga – discolored patch on face
3. िली – Wrinkles,
4. ततशमर / Timira – blindness and
5. नीशलकाः / Neelika – bluish vision (a type of blindness) .

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 अभ्यङ्ग सेक पपचवो बस्नतश्चेनत चतुपवाधम्
मूधातैलम् बहुगुणं तद्पवद्यात् उत्तरोत्तरम
1. Shiro abhyanga / अभ्यङ्ग
· smearing oil and mild massage,
2. Shiro pariseka / सेक
· pouring oil in continuous stream,
3. Shiro pichu / वपििो
· keeping cloth soaked in oil over the entire area of scalp
4. Shiro basti / बस्स्त
· making the oil poured on the head

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1. Shiro abhyanga /
अभ्यङ्ग
· smearing oil and
mild massage,
2. Shiro pariseka /
सेक
·
pouring oil in
continuous stream,

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3. Shiro pichu / वपििो
·
keeping cloth soaked in
oil over the entire area
of scalp.
4. Shiro basti / बस्स्त
·
making the oil poured
on the head.

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 1. The person who has been purified – with vamana, virechana
etc., Should be gently massaged with oil
· and given mild fomentation.
2. Then at the closing of the day (evening)
· he should be made to sit on a stool of the height of the
knee,
· a strap of leather made from the leather of either cow or
buffalo,
· twelve angula in width ( 8 – 9 inches) and
· equal to that of the head in circumference should be
wrapped around the head,

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 · Just above the ears,
· covered by a piece of cloth over the forehead,
· and fastened tight with a thread.
·
 The joints and intervening spaces should be packed with
paste of black gram flour in order to prevent leakage of oil.
· Then, medicated oil prescribed for the disease, should be
poured over the head, in luke warm condition,
· to a height of one angula over the skin of the scalp.

22.
 1.आिक्त्रनाशसको क्लेिाद् - it should be held till secretion of
fluid appears in the mouth and nose,
2. Or for a period of
· 10,000 matra kala for vata
· 8,000 matra kala for pitta
· 6,000 matra kala for kapha

· 1000 matra kala for svastha / healthy person
 . 1 matra kala = time requried to blink the eye once.