Melancholia ( Malankhuliya)

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  • It is the derangement of imagination and thinking .
  • It is caused by accumulation of Sawdā (Black bile) in the brain, Marāq (Hypochondrium) or any part of the body.
  • It is characterized by unexplained fear, hyperirritability, confusion, negative thoughts, sadness, delirium, hallucination, absent mindedness, palpitation, vertigo, restlessness and insomnia.
  • It is the derangement of imagination and thinking .
  • It is caused by accumulation of Sawdā (Black bile) in the brain, Marāq (Hypochondrium) or any part of the body.
  • It is characterized by unexplained fear, hyperirritability, confusion, negative thoughts, sadness, delirium, hallucination, absent mindedness, palpitation, vertigo, restlessness and insomnia.
  • Oral administration of Joshānda-i  Aftīmūn. -  Halayla Siyāh (Terminalia chebula Retz.), Halayla Kābulī (Terminalia chebula Retz.), Halayla Zard (Terminalia chebula Retz.), Āmla (Phyllanthus emblica Linn.) 17 ½ gm. each, Gāozabān (Borago officinalis Linn.), Bisfā’ij (Polypodium vulgare Linn.), Bādranjboya (Melissa parviflora Benth.), Ustuūkhudūs (Lavandula steochas Linn.) 14 gm. each, Turbud (Ipomoea turpethum Br.) 7 gm., Shāhtra (Fumaria parviflora Lamk.) 24 ½ grams, Ālū Bukhāra (Prunus domestica Linn.) 20 pieces, Mawīz Munaqqā (Vitis vinefera Linn. ) are soaked and boiled in 1600 ml of water till 600 ml of liquid is left. Thirty five grams of Aftīmūn (Cuscuta reflexa Roxb.) is added to it and boiled again till it is reduced to 400 ml. The boiled material is filtered and 52 ½ grams of Maghz-i Falūs-i Khiyār Shambar (Fruit pulp of Cassia fistula Linn.), 3 gm. of Ghārīqūn (Agaricus alba Linn.) and honey are added to the filtrate.
  • Oral administration of Aftīmūn (Cuscuta reflexa Roxb.) along with goat milk and sugar.
  • Oral administration of Bādranjboya (Nepeta ruderalis Ham.) with sugar.
  • Oral administration of decoction of Ustūkhūdūs (Lavandula stoechas Linn.).
  • Oral administration of Murabba-i Āmla washed and wrapped in silver foil followed by administration of  Shīra prepared with Maghz-i Tarbūz (Seed kernel of Citrullus lanatus Thunb.) 12 gm. and Tukhm-i Kāhū (Seed of Lactuca sativa Linn.) 12 gm. in ‘Arq-i Gulāb 48 ml. and ‘Arq-i Shāhtra 280 ml.
  • Oral administration of decoction of Aftīmūn (Cuscuta reflexa Roxb.) 35 gm., Halayla Kābulī (Terminalia chebula Retz.) 35 gm., Ustūkhūdūs (Lavandula stoechas Linn.) 35 gm., Mawīz Munaqqā (Vitis vinefera Linn.) 35 gm., Bisfā’ij (Polypodium vulgare Linn.) 17.5 gm., half crushed Turbud (Ipomoea turpethum R. Br.) 14 gm., Sanā Makkī (Cassia angustifolia Vahl.) 24.5 gm. prepared in 2.32 litre of water.

Compound drugs:

Ma‘jūn-i Najāh 5-10 gm.
Ma‘jūn Mufarrih 9-11 gm.
Itrīfal Saghīr 12 gm. at bed time
Itrīfal-i  Aftīmūn 9 gm.
Itrīfal Zamānī 5-9 gm.
Habb-i Aftīmūn 5-9 gm.
Tiryāq-i Zahab 4.5 gm.
Habb-i Lājward 10.5 gm. with  Mā’ al-Jubn
Khamīra-i  Khashkhāsh 7-12 gm. in the morning
Khamīra-i Gāozabān ‘Ambarī 3-7 gm. in the morning
Khamīra-i Gāozabān 12 gm. in the morning
Dawā al-Misk 7 gm. in the morning
Sikanjabīn Aftīmūnī 12-24 ml. with  Mā’ al-Jubn
Sharbat-i Khashkhāsh 24 ml.
Sharbat-i Aftīmūn 24 ml. with  Mā’ al-Jubn
Sharbat-i Ābresham 24-48 ml
Mufarrih Yāqūtī 4.5-9 gm.
Roghan-i Banafsha Local application on scalp
  • Aghziya Māliha -Salty foods
  • Aghziya Hirrīfa -  Spicy (Pungent) foods that may produce heat in the body e.g. pepper.
  • Aghziya Hāmiza - Sour foods e.g. lemon, sour pomegranate, sour apple, orange, vinegar, curd, etc. They change the thick waste products of stomach into smaller particles.
  • Aghziya Muwallid-i Sawdā’ - The foods which produce an excessive quantity of black
    bile in the body e.g. cabbage, brinjal, etc.
  • Lentil and cabbage 
  • Computed Tomography of head
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging of head

 

  • Hammām (Bath)
  • Fasd-i Sāfin (Bloodletting through saphenous vein)
  • Fasd-i Akhal (Bloodletting through median cephalic vein)
  • Aghziya Mubarrida -  The food of cold temperament having ability to produce the humours which induce coldness in the body e.g. Khas (Andropogan muricatus Retz.), Kāsnī (Cichorium intybus Linn.), etc.
  • Aghziya Muwallid-i Dam - The foods which produce an excessive quantity of sanguine in the body e.g. grapes, pomegranate, egg yolk , milk, dairy products, gram, etc.
  • Mā’ al-Sha‘īr -Barley water
  • Mā’ al-Jubn -Goat milk is boiled and a sour substance is added to it, so that the suspended albumins are clotted and separated from the liquid component. It is then filtered and whey is obtained.
  • Sweet dishes
  • Avoid excessive sexual indulgence.
  • Avoid excessive perspiration.