Diarrhoea ( Ishāl)

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  • It is a disease, which drives away the matters from the entire body towards rectum.
  • It is caused by food material (If quantity or quality is defective) and many diseases of intestine and other organs such as stomach, liver, brain, etc.
  • It is characterized by repeated defecation with excretion of faecal matter, sometimes mixed with mucus, blood, pus, etc., indigestion, flatulence and gurgling. Beside these symptoms, specific features may also be noticed when it is associated with the organs other than the intestine.
  • It is a disease, which drives away the matters from the entire body towards rectum.
  • It is caused by food material (If quantity or quality is defective) and many diseases of intestine and other organs such as stomach, liver, brain, etc.
  • It is characterized by repeated defecation with excretion of faecal matter, sometimes mixed with mucus, blood, pus, etc., indigestion, flatulence and gurgling. Beside these symptoms, specific features may also be noticed when it is associated with the organs other than the intestine.
  • Oral administration of the decoction of Jaw Biryān (Roasted seed of Hordeum vulgare, Linn.), Khatmī (Althaea officinalis, Linn.), Zar-i Ward (Stamen of Rosa damascena, Mill.), Post-i Khashkhāsh (Capsule of Papaver somniferum, Linn.) with Sharbat-i Ās.
  • Oral administration of the powder of Jaw Biryan (Roasted seed of Hordeum vulgare, Linn.).
  • Oral administration of mucilaginous decanted liquid, prepared from Aspghol Musallam (Seed of Plantago ovata,  Forsk.), Resha Khatmī (Rootlet of Althaea officinalis, Linn.) and Behīdāna (Seed of Cydonia oblonga, Mill.) with Sharbat-i Banafsha.
  • Oral administration of powder of Tukhm-i Khurfa (Seed of Portulaca oleracea, Linn.), Khashkhāsh (Seed of Papaver somniferum, Linn.) and Kishnīz Khushk (Dried seed of Coriandrum Sativum, Linn.).
  • Oral administration of Tukhm-i Rayhān (Seed of Ocimum sanctum, Linn.) and Tukhm-i Bārtang (Seed of Plantago major, Linn.).
  • Sipping of Āb Āhan Tāb (Water in which hot iron rod is immersed).

 Compound drugs:

Anushdārū Qābiz 5-13 gm.
Jawārish Āmla 7-9 gm.
Jawārish Zarishk 7-9 gm.
Jawārish Zanjabīl 7-9 gm.

Safūf Miqliyāsa

5 gm. in morning with water.
Safūf-i Tīn  7 gm. with water.
Sharbat-i Habb al-Ās 24 ml. with water
Ma‘jūn-i Sangdāna Murgh 7 gm.
  • Fruits
  • Large quantity of food.
  • Foods of bad taste.
  • Aghziya Munaffikha- The foods liable to produce flatus and vapours e.g. cabbage, pea, brinjal, cauliflower, beans, turnip, etc.
  • Physical rest
  • Hammām (Bath);It is bathing, medically used for producing dryness, compactness, moistness and rarefaction in the skin/body.
  • Dalk (Massage)
  • Mā’ al-Sha‘īr-Barley water.
  •  Butter milk
  •  Curd
  • Intake of food without desire to be avoided.