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आनाह (बद्धकोष्ठ)
ĀNĀHA (BADDHAKOṢṬHA)

Regional Name
Asam.	:	Vāhya Savakasa
Beng.	:	Koṣṭhabaddhā
Dogr.	:	Kabis, Gandhiati
Guj.	:	Kabjīyata
Hind.	:	Kabjī, Kabja
Kan.	:	Malabhaḍhathe
Maly.	:	Vedanayodukūdiya, Vayaruvirpu
Mra.	:	Poṭa Phūgī, Malāvarodha
Ori.	:	Koṣṭhabaddha
Panj.	:	Kabaja
Tam.	:	Malachchikkal, Malakaṭṭu, Malbantham
Tel.	:	Kaḍupubbaramu
Eng.	:	Constipation
Ānāha is a disease characterised by the slow accumulation of Āma or Purīṣa (faecal matter) in the intestines due to vitiation of Vāta. It is of two types according to the involvement of Āma or Purīṣa.
Signs and Symptoms 1. Āmaja Ānāha: if the disease is due to the accumulation of Āma, then the patient may have the symptoms like thirst, burning sensation in the head, pain in abdomen, suppression of eructation and coryza. 2. Purīṣaja Ānāha: In this condition retention of faeces and urine, acute pain, fainting, vomiting of faecal matter and oedema are found.
Treatment Patient of Purīṣaja Ānāha should be hospitalized. Following treatment may be tried for a benign case.
Single Drugs 1. Fruit pulp of Āragvadha (cassia) – 5 g., to be taken with 50 ml. water and 5 to 10 g., Śarkarā (raw sugar) once a day. 2. Fruit rind of Harītakī (small chebulic myrobalan) – 5 g., to be taken with 0.5 g. Lavaṇa (salt) at bed time.
Simple Preparations 1. Take purified and fried Hiṅgu (asafoetida), Amlavetasa, fruit of Yavānī (ptychotis), Saindhava (rock-salt) and seed of Miśreyā (fennel) in equal parts, and make the powder. Its 2 to 6 g. is to be taken with 5 ml. fresh juice of Nimbū (lemon) twice a day.
Compound Preparations 1. Triphalā Cūrṇa: 2 to 6., to be taken with 50 ml. warm water twice a day. 2. Rasonādi Vaṭī: 1 to 2 pills, to be taken with 50 ml. warm water twice a day. 3. Harītakī Khaṇḍa: 3 to 6 g., to be taken with 50 ml. warm water twice a day. 4. Sukumāra Kumāra Ghṛta: 6 to 12 g., to be taken with 250 ml. milk twice a day.
Local Applications 1. Lepa of Hiṅgu (asafoetida), to be applied around the umbilicus. 2. Lepa prepared from equal part of Saura-Kṣāra (salt petre), fruit rind of Āmalakī (embelic myrobalan), Narasāra (ammonium chloride) and seed of Kṛṣṇa Tila (black sesame) is to be applied around the umbilicus.
Pathya and Apathya Pathya and Apathya prescribed for the patient of Ādhmāna may also be followed for the patient of Ānāha.