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ग्रहणी-रोग

GRAHAṆĪ-ROGA

Regional Name

Asam. : Grahaṇī
Beng. : Grahaṇī
Dogr. : Saṅgraṇī
Guj. : Saṅgraṇī
Hind. : Apāvaśōṣaṇa
Kan. : Grahaṇī
Maly. : Grahaṇī
Mra. : Grahaṇī
Ori. : Laī Jhāḍā
Panj. : Saṅgarahaṇī
Tam. : Kirani
Eng. : Sprue, malabsorption syndrome

Grahaṇī is a disease in which patient is unable to digest his food properly and passes it out frequently through motions in the undigested or digested form with foul smell. The consistency of the stool changes frequently i.e. sometimes it is loose and some time it is formed.

Signs and Symptoms


In this condition, the patient passes sometimes loose and sometimes formed motions. Other symptoms are flatulence, loss of weight and energy, indigestion, depression, chaffing of skin, dryness of throat and mouth, thirst, ringing in the ear, and aversion to sexual intercourse.

Treatment

Single Drugs


1. Powdered root of Aṅkoṭha (alangi) – 6 g. is to be taken with 50 to 100 ml. Taṇḍulodaka (rice washing) thrice a day.

2. Powder of Śuṇṭhī (dried ginger) – 2 g. is to be taken thrice a day with warm water

3. Powdered root of Citraka – 1 to 2 g. is to be taken three times a day with warm water.

Simple Preparations


1. Powder of equal part of rhizome of Kaṭukī, Śuṇṭhī (dried ginger), Rasāñjana, flower of Dhātakī, Indrayava (kurchi seed), root of Mustaka (motha), bark of Kuṭaja (kurchi), rhizome of Haridrā (turmeric) and root of Ativiṣā (Indian atees) – 1 to 3 g. is to be taken with Takra (butter milk) thrice a day.

2. Powder of equal part of Hiṅgu (asafoetida), root of Ativiṣā (Indian atees), rhizome of Vacā (sweet flag). Sauvarcala Lavaṇa, fruit rind of Harītakī (chebulic myrobalan) – 1 to 3 g. is to be taken with warm water or 50 ml. Takra (butter milk) thrice a day.

3. Make powder of Marica (black pepper) – 1 part, Śuṇṭhī (dried ginger) – 2 parts, bark of Kuṭaja (kurchi) – 4 parts and take it in 1 to 3 g. dose with equal part of Guḍa (jaggery) and 50 to 100 ml. Takra (butter milk) thrice a day.

4. Make powder from one part each of Śuṇṭhī (dried ginger), seeds of Dhānyaka (coriander) and Methika (fenugreek), Bhṛṣṭa epicarp of Dādima (pomegranate), Saṅkha Bhasma, Kṛṣṇa Lavaṇa and fruits of Miśreyā (fennel), half part of Śuddha Hiṅgu (asafoetida) and 2 parts of leaves of Bhaṅga (Indian hemp). Its 1 to 3 g. is to be taken with 50 to 100 ml. Takra (butter milk) twice a day.

5. Powder of equal part of Indrayava (kurchi seed), root of Ativiṣā (Indian atees), Śuddha Hiṅgu (asafoetida), Sauvarcala Lavaṇa, fruit rind of Harītakī (chebulic myrobalan) is to be taken in 1 to 3 g. dose with warm water thrice a day.

6. Pañcakola Siddha Jala – 50 to 100 ml. is to b taken thrice a day.

7. Decoction of equal part of Śuṇṭhī (dried ginger), root of Mustaka (motha) and Ativiṣā (Indian atees) – 14 to 28 ml. is to be taken thrice a day.

8. Decoction of equal part of Śuṇṭhī (dried ginger), roots of Mustaka (motha) and Ativiṣā (Indian atees) and stem of Guḍūcī 0 14 to 28 ml. is to be taken thrice a day.

9. Yavāgu (gruel) prepared from rice along with juice of leaf of Cāṅgerī (wood sorrel) 7 to 14 ml. is to be taken thrice a day.

Compound Preparations


1. Bṛhat Gaṅgādhara Cūrṇa: 1 to 3 g. is to be taken with warm water thrice a day.

2. Dāḍimāṣṭaka Cūrṇa: 1 to 3 g. is to be taken with water thrice a day.

3. Hiṅgvāṣṭaka Cūrṇa: 1 to 3 g. is to be taken with 50 to 100 ml. Takra (butter milk) thrice a day).

4. Jātiphalādi Cūrṇa: 1 to 3 g. is to be taken with water thrice a day.

5. Kapithāṣṭaka Cūrṇa: 600 mg. to 1.25 g. is to be taken with 50 to 100 ml. Takra (butter milk) thrice a day.

6. Lavaṇa Bhāskara Cūrṇa: 1 to 3 g. is to be taken with 50 to 100 ml. Takra (butter milk) twice a day.

7. Nṛpati-Ballabha Rasa: 1 to 2 Vaṭī, to be taken with 50 to 100 ml. Takra (butter milk), thrice a day.

8. Piyūṣavallī Rasa: 1 to 2 Vaṭī, to be taken with water or 50 to 100 ml. Takra (butter milk) thrice a day.

9. Mahā-Gandhaka Yoga: 360 to 750 mg. is to be taken with honey sufficient to make a paste thrice a day.

10. Kāmesvara Modaka: 6 to 13 g. is to be taken with 100 to 120 ml. milk thrice a day.

11. Bilvādi Lehyama: 3 to 6 g. to be taken half an hour before meal with 3 to 6 g. butter thrice a day.

12. Pañcāmṛta Parpaṭī: 120 to 360 mg. is to be taken with sufficient honey to make a paste thrice a day.

13. Rasa-Parpaṭī: 120 to 360 mg. is to be taken with sufficient honey to make a paste thrice a day.

14. Svarṇa Parpaṭī: 60 to 360 mg. is to be taken with sufficient honey to make a paste thrice a day.

Note: Parpaṭī Kalpa may only be taken under the guidance of a specialist.


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