TY - JOUR AU - Patil, Shweta AU - Sathavane, Geeta PY - 2021/09/29 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - A clinical study on shodhananga snehapana with special reference to Samyak Snigdha Lakshana JF - International Journal of Ayurvedic Medicine JA - IJAM VL - 12 IS - 3 SE - Research Articles DO - 10.47552/ijam.v12i3.2112 UR - https://ijam.co.in/index.php/ijam/article/view/2112 SP - 544-548 AB - <p><em>Snehana </em>(internal oleation) is the<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp; </span>major preparatory procedure to be performed before <em>Shodhana </em>(Biopurification).The entire procedure of <em>Shodhana</em> depends upon the proper mobilization of humors (<em>Dosha</em>) from peripheral circulation (<em>Shakha)</em> to intestinal circulation (<em>Koshtha</em>),which is achieved with the help of <em>Snehana</em> and <em>Svedana.</em> Oleation leads and decides total outcome of The Bio purification therapy; Hence in this study standard guidelines are applied for performing internal oleation in an effective manner to avoid <em>Ayoga </em>(insufficient use) and <em>Atiyoga </em>(excessive use) of <em>Snehana. </em>For that we start and increased dose of lipids in an appropriate manner considering <em>Agni</em> (power of digestion) and <em>Koshtha </em>(nature of bowels) of patients. The study was carried out on total 30 healthy volunteers undergoing <em>Vasantik Vamana</em>. <em>Shodhananga Snehapana </em>with <em>Shuddha Ghrita</em> was administered according to <em>Agni</em> and <em>Koshtha </em>of patients. <em>Samyak snigdha Lakshanas</em> were assessed using special scoring pattern. Statistical analysis using paired‘t’ test were done. Onset of <em>samyak snigdha lakshana</em> occurs in sequence. <em>Vatanuloman, Agnidipti, Gatra Mruduta, Klama, Snehodvega, Adhastat Sneha</em> <em>Darshana </em>was seen in all patients; whereas<em>, glani, Anga Laghava, Twak Snighdata</em> were noted in less percentage of patients.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p> ER -