Ahitebhyo’ArthebhyoManonigrah
Sanskrit Term: अहितेभ्योऽर्थेभ्योमनोनिग्रह The key method of satvavajaya-cikitsā is to restrain the mind from unwholesome desires and unnecessary engagement with sensory objects. Alternate Name(s): Restraining the mind from unwholesome desires
Alavu Avcharan
Sanskrit Term: अलावू-अवचरणम् Bloodletting by means of the bottle gourd (alÄbu) in a procedure which resembles cupping. Alternate Name(s): Bloodletting using bottle gourd
Alep Karma
Sanskrit Term: आलेपकर्म (व्रणचिकित्सा) Therapeutic application of medicinal pastes depending on the vitiated dosha. Alternate Name(s): Therapeutic application of medicated paste for wound management
Alepah
Sanskrit Term: आलेपः A type of moderately thick ointment or lepa. Alternate Name(s): External application of paste of moderate thickness
Anavabaddhashalyam
Sanskrit Term: अनववद्धशल्यम् A foreign body which is loosely impacted or hanging in the body. Alternate Name(s): Loosely lodged foreign body
Anavabaddhashalyoddhara
Sanskrit Term: अनववद्धशल्योद्ध- Fifteen extraction measures for removal of a loosely impacted foreign body. Alternate Name(s): Procedures for removal of loosely impacted foreign body
Anjan
Sanskrit Term: अञ्जनम् The administration of medications (collyrium) into the lower conjunctival fornices, moving from the inner to outer canthus and vice versa, using an applicator. Alternate Name(s): Collyrium
Anjanam (Vishopakramah)
Sanskrit Term: अञ्जनम् (विषोपक्रमः) Applying collyrium or medication over the lower eyelid to counter the penetration of poisons. Alternate Name(s): Collyrium for detoxification
Annalepan
Sanskrit Term: अन्नलेपन An application of medicated paste prepared with rice cooked in milk. Alternate Name(s): Application of paste prepared with shastika rice
Anorchidism
Sanskrit Term: वातिकषण्डः Structural damage to the testes in intrauterine life owing to vitiated vÄyu and agni. Alternate Name(s): Vatikashandah