Ayurvedic Herbal Smoking 

     (धूम्रपान )

For the "Joie de vivre" medicated smoke should become a part of the daily routine. This is far from easy as it involves grinding parts of 32 plants such as Chandana, guggulu, kesar, cardemum, harenuka and many more and applying the paste on a thumb like reed, eight fingers long. When dried, the medicated cylinder should be put in the smoking pipe, lit with a little fat and enjoyed.

                                                                                

This is known as Dhumrapana or Ayurvedic herbal smoking. According to Ayurveda, a person who desires to take care of their health should inhale herbal smoke daily to treat or to prevent the onset of diseases, especially for the parts above the shoulders, due to increase of Kapha and Vata.

Introduction

The composition of plants will vary when smoking is employed as therapy for various illness of the head and neck such as heaviness, pain in ear and eyes, hiccups, discharge from ear, eye and nose, toothache, spasm of the jaw and neck, voice disorders hair loss and so on. Illness of the head and neck (above the collar bone) are prevented by medicated smoke which is appropriate after bath, meals, vomiting, sneezing brushing teeth, snuffing, application of collyrium and sleep. Each time three puffs should be taken which will vary in frequency depending on weather it is for daily use or for evacuation therapy.  When properly used, smoking cleanses the chest throat and sense organs besides lightening the head and controlling the dosas of vata and kapha which dominate the regions of the head, neck and chest. In excess, smoking can cause deafness, blindness, dizziness and internal bleeding.

Dhumrapana Instrument

These complications should be recognized and treated promptly. Smoking is forbidden after purgation and blood letting., in pregnancy, emanciation, fatigue, diabetes, alcoholism, poisoning and injury and after taking wine, milk, honey,, fatty substances and food with curd,                                                                

While smoking one should comfortably with the body and eyes straight and the mind focused, and inhale thrice through our nostril, while closing the other.. Three such rounds are recommended. In routine smoking, the pipe should be 36 fingers long, while for head evacuation and lubrication the length should be  24 and 32 fingers. The pipe should be straight with three pouches and a tip sized like a jujube stone.

Smoking in this manner from a distance, broken by joints and reduced through a pipe does not harm a senses. When used as therapy, the smoke is inhaled through nose for head and neck diseases and through the mouth for throat disorders. when smoking through the nostrils. the smoke should be exhaled through the mouth. Exhaling through the nostril after inhaling smoke through the mouth is harmful to the eyes and is not advised.

Formulation

Candana, agaru, patra 

Actions

Subdues the perturbation of three dosas, strengthens sense organs.

Remarks

Boiled in water, concentrated. The decoction cooked in oil 10 times and milk applied in nostril every third day after lubricant therapy and fomentation.

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