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Administration of Pachana and Deepana dravya.

Administration of Pachana and Deepana dravya.

=== Pachana – ===

=== पाचनम्॥ Pachana ===

Pachana means digestion. It is karma or the action of a certain drug on the body. The dravya or drug that acts by digesting the undigested food or aama in the body is the pachana dravyas. These dravya digest what is undigested without stimulation of the agni (digestive fire). one such example of Pachana dravya is Haritaki(Terminalia chebula). (sha.purv.4.1)

Pachana means digestion. It is karma or the action of a certain drug on the body. The dravya or drug that acts by digesting the undigested food or aama in the body is the pachana dravyas. These dravya digest what is undigested without stimulation of the agni (digestive fire). one such example of Pachana dravya is Haritaki(Terminalia chebula). (sha.purv.4.1)

=== Deepana ===

=== दीपनम्॥ Deepana ===

Deepana means stimulating, here it means stimulation of digestive fire meaning agni. Thus,  the karma of the dravya which initiates the kindling of agni(digestive fire) is termed deepana dravyas. One such example of deepana dravya is shatapushpa(Anethum sowa). Hot water, and cow’s milk are examples of depana karma dravya which are used routinely (Sush.Sutra 45.39 and 51) . Snana (bathing) is also one example of deepana karma(Asht.hrid sutr 2.16).

Deepana means stimulating, here it means stimulation of digestive fire meaning agni. Thus,  the karma of the dravya which initiates the kindling of agni(digestive fire) is termed deepana dravyas. One such example of deepana dravya is shatapushpa(Anethum sowa). Hot water, and cow’s milk are examples of depana karma dravya which are used routinely (Sush.Sutra 45.39 and 51) . Snana (bathing) is also one example of deepana karma(Asht.hrid sutr 2.16).