Gandusha it is an one of the theory that in which rinse the doshas that situated in the oral cavity and Mukha lepa is also an procedure it protect the face that free from any reactions.

1. GANDUSHADI VIDHI / गण्डूषादि
विधि-
DR. RAOSAHEB.A.DESHMUKH
ASSO.PROF;
DEPT OF SAMHITA-SIDDHANTA
BLDEA’s AVS AYURVEDA
MAHAVIDYALAYA,HOSPITAL &
RESEARCH CENTRE, VIJAYAPUR

3.  गण्डूष प्रकार / kinds of gandusha
चतुष्प्रकारो गण्डूषः स्निग्धः शमिशोधिौ
रोपणश्च त्रयनतत्र त्रत्रषु योज्याश्चलादिषु
अन्त्यो व्रणघ्िः

4. GANDUSA
SNIGDHA(Lubricating)
SHAMANA(Palliative)
SHODHANA(purifying)
ROPANA(Healing)

5.  1. Snigdha{Madhur+Amla+ Patu(lavana)}
· lubricating, with oils and fats
· for vata imbalance disorder.
2. Shamana {Madhur+Tikita+Kashaya}
· palliative
· for pitta imbalance disorder.

6.  3. Shodhana {katu+ Tikita+Amla}
· purifying
· for kapha imbalance disorder.
4. Ropana {Kashaya+Tikita}
· healing.
· healing of ulcers.

7.  निवाते सातपे स्नवन्ति मृदित नकन्तधकन्तधरः
गण्डूषमपपबि ् ककस्जित ् उन्तितानयो पवधारयेत ्
गण्डूषमपपबस्न्तवधारयेत ्
1. निवाते - the person should sit in a place devoid
of breeze
2. सातपे - but in sunlight
3. स्नवन्ति मृदित नकन्तधकन्तधरः - his shoulders and
neck should be massaged and fomented;
 4. ककस्जित ् उन्तितानयो - keeping his face slightly
lifted up,

8.  कफपूणाानयता याव्रव्राणाक्षताअथवा
He should hold the liquid in his mouth
1. कफपूर्ाास्यता - till the mouth gets filled with
kapha or
2. याित्स्रित्स्रार्ाक्षताअथिा - till the nose and eyes
start secreting liquid.

9.  1. स्नेहः- fats – oil, ghee etc.,
2. क्षीरं - milk,
3. मिूिकम्- honey with water
4. शुक्तं – fermented gruel,
5. मध्यं – wine,
6. रसो / mamsarasa – juice of meat,
7. मूत्रं – urine of animals or
8. िान्याम्लं – wash of grains fermented by keeping overnight,
These liquids are commonly used in gandusha.

10.  Ghee - milk  1. ऊषािाहास्न्तवते पाके - local or
general burning sensation (daha),
2. ulceration and
3. क्षते चागन्ततुसंभवे- wounds caused
by foreign bodies,
4. पवषे - contact with poison
5. क्षारा -alkalies (kshara) and
6. अस्ग्ििग्धे - burns by fire,

11.  Madhu /
honey -
 Holding honey in the mouth
1. वैशद्यं िियनत आशु - removes the
sliminess of the mouth,
2. सन्तिधानत मुखे व्रणाि् -heals the ulcers
quickly,
3. िाहतृष्प्णारशमिं - relieves burning
sensation and
4. Daha( Thirst).

12.  Ksharambu /
water containing
alkalies

Warm water
 1. Quickly breaks up the
accumulation of kapha.
2.Sukhoshnodakam / holding
comfortable

1. वक्त्त्रलाघवम्- lightness and
cleansing of the mouth

13.  KABALA(Kavala)
· Taking liquid into
mouth and moving it
around by gargling for
specific time period is
kavala or Kabala.
असजिायो मुखे पूणे गण्डूषः, कवलो अन्तयथा
 GANDUSA
· Filling the mouth
with liquids fully not
permitting any movement
inside is gandusha.

14.  1. मन्याशशरः कर्ामुखाक्षक्षरोगाः - diseases of the neck, head,
ears, mouth and eyes,
2. प्रसेक - paraseka – excess salivation,
3. कण्ठामय - diseases of the throat,
4. िक्त्रशोषाः - dryness of the mouth,
5. ह्रुल्लास - nausea,
6. तन्रा /tandra – stupor,
7. अरुधि / aruchi – anorexia and
8. पीनसाश्ि / peenasa – rhinitis
· are curable by kavala

15.  प्रततसारर् / pratisarana
– applying herbs to the interior of the mouth with the finger
1. कल्को / kalka – in the form of paste
2. रसकिया / rasakriya – solidified decoction and
3. चूणाः / curna – powder
it should be
· done in diseases of kapha origin
· with the same herbs as suggested for gandusha.

17.  मुखलेपः त्रत्रधा िोषपवषहा वणाकृ च्च सः
Mukhalepa is of three types –
1. िोषहा - doshaha – removing the doshas,
2. पवषहा - vishaha – removing poison and
3. वणाकृ च्च - varnakara – improving complexion
Mukha lepa Acc to dosha:
 It should be Applied:
 Warm- for Vata and pitta
 Cold- for pitta imbalance

18.  If properly done,
· It cures
1. अकालपशलत – premature graying of hair,
2. ियङ्ग / Vyanga – discolored patch on face
3. िली – Wrinkles,
4. ततशमर / Timira – blindness and
5. नीशलकाः / Neelika – bluish vision (a type of blindness) .

19.  अभ्यङ्ग सेक पपचवो बस्नतश्चेनत चतुपवाधम्
मूधातैलम् बहुगुणं तद्पवद्यात् उत्तरोत्तरम
1. Shiro abhyanga / अभ्यङ्ग
· smearing oil and mild massage,
2. Shiro pariseka / सेक
· pouring oil in continuous stream,
3. Shiro pichu / वपििो
· keeping cloth soaked in oil over the entire area of scalp
4. Shiro basti / बस्स्त
· making the oil poured on the head

20. 1. Shiro abhyanga /
अभ्यङ्ग
· smearing oil and
mild massage,
2. Shiro pariseka /
सेक
·
pouring oil in
continuous stream,

21. 3. Shiro pichu / वपििो
·
keeping cloth soaked in
oil over the entire area
of scalp.
4. Shiro basti / बस्स्त
·
making the oil poured
on the head.

22.  1. The person who has been purified – with vamana, virechana
etc., Should be gently massaged with oil
· and given mild fomentation.
2. Then at the closing of the day (evening)
· he should be made to sit on a stool of the height of the
knee,
· a strap of leather made from the leather of either cow or
buffalo,
· twelve angula in width ( 8 – 9 inches) and
· equal to that of the head in circumference should be
wrapped around the head,

24.  · Just above the ears,
· covered by a piece of cloth over the forehead,
· and fastened tight with a thread.
·
 The joints and intervening spaces should be packed with
paste of black gram flour in order to prevent leakage of oil.
· Then, medicated oil prescribed for the disease, should be
poured over the head, in luke warm condition,
· to a height of one angula over the skin of the scalp.

25.  1.आिक्त्रनाशसको क्लेिाद् - it should be held till secretion of
fluid appears in the mouth and nose,
2. Or for a period of
· 10,000 matra kala for vata
· 8,000 matra kala for pitta
· 6,000 matra kala for kapha

· 1000 matra kala for svastha / healthy person
 . 1 matra kala = time requried to blink the eye once.