Acc to Acharya Susruta
S. No. Name of the group Action
1. Pippalyadi gana Amapachana,
Deepan
2. Haridradi gana Doshapachana
3. Vachadi gana Doshapachana
4. Guduchyadi gana Deepan
5. Mustakadi gana Pachana
6 Trikatu Deepana
7 Brihatpachamoola Deepana
8
9
Dashmoola
Amalakadi gana
Pachana
Deepana
Pachana drugs based on Dosha
• रास्नाक्वाथेन वातदोष
• पटोलक्वाथेन ह्नपत्तदोष
• ह्ननम्ब क्वाथेन श्लेष्मदोष
( ह्नच क)
Deepana
• Limited only to agni deepthi
• Predominance of laghu and
ushna guna
Pachana
• Does both ama pachana
and agni deepana
• Predominance of laghu and
ruksha guna
Application of deepana and pachana
• Purvakarma - Before shodhana
- In vrana chikitsa
• Pradhanakarma - Vyadhipratyanika
- Amachikitsa (pachana)
- Vyapat Chikitsa
• Pashchat karma - After shodhana (deepana)
As Pradhanakarma
• In साम ह्नचह्नकत्सा – specially in case of madyama dosha avastha,
langhana and pachana is to be advised
• Vyadhi shamana
र्ेषां मध्यबला रोगा: कफह्नपत्तसमुद्धिता:
वम्यतीसारहृद्रोगह्नवसूच्यलसकज्वरा:॥
ह्नवबन्धगौरवोद्गारहृल्लासारोचकादर्: (च सू 22)
As Paschat karma after shodhana
• संिोधनाभ्यां िुिस्य हृतदोषस्य देह्नहन:
र्ात्यह्निमान्दतां तस्मात् क्रमं पेर्ाह्नदमाचरेत् ||
(Ch.Si.6/24)
•Samsarjana krama
•Various deepana and pachana yavagu are explained
in Apamarga Tanduliya Adhyaya.
Conclusion
• Deepana and Pachana comes under langhana chikitsa
• Pachana itself acts as rukshana (chikitsa kalika)
• The concept of deepana and pachana is applicable as
purvakarma, pradhana karma and paschat karma.
• So it is of prime importance in chikitsa
Notas del editor
Charaka while explaining gruels differentiated both the Deepana and Pachana separately. The gruel prepared with Pippali, Pippalimoola, Chavya, Chitraka and Sunthi stimulates appetite and relives (colic) pain6. The gruel prepared with Kappittha, Bilwa, Changeri, Takra and Dadima is digestive and astringent7. The Ayurvedic pharmacological aspects for each ingredient of such gruel preparations are enumerated in table 2.
The drugs of this Deepaniya groups can be categorized them into three group viz; Deepaniya (stomachic), Pachaniya (Digestants), and Deepaniya-Pachaniya (Stomachic and Digestants) on the basis of main therapeutic activity of herbs included in the group.
Susruta14 mentioned certain groups of herbs which act as Deepana and Pachana
परिष्कृतान्- शोधनयोग्यतां नीतान् ।
A caution is needed especially in the case of Vata Dosha. One should be highly vigilant on the appearance of Nirama
Lakshana because further indulgence in Deepana and Pachana provokes Vata Dosha. Hence Snigdha Dravyas like
Ghrita is ideal.
In taruna jwara …..
In case of fever, after passing of 6 days after giving laghu anna, pachana or shamaneeya kashaya to be given
Shleshmike – ruksha, tikta samyuta deepana
Krisha and bahu kapha – ruksha and snigdha one after the other
- after aama pareekshana sneha samyuta deepana
Bahupitta – tikta madhura samyuta deepana
Bahuvata – sneha lavana amla
पेयां विलेपीमकृतं कृतं च यूषं रसं त्रीनुभयं तथैकम् ||
क्रमेण सेवेत नरोऽन्नकालान् प्रधानमध्यावरशुद्धिशुद्ध: ||
यथाऽणुरग्निस्तृणगोमयाद्यै:सन्धुक्ष्यमाणो भवति क्रमेण |
महान् स्थिर: सर्वपचस्तथैव शुद्धस्य पेयादिभिरन्तराग्नि: ||(Ch.Si.1/12)
There are totally 28 Yavagu Kalpana.
A caution is needed especially in the case of Vata Dosha. One
should be highly vigilant on the appearance of Nirama
Lakshana because further indulgence in Deepana and
Pachana provokes Vata Dosha. Hence Snigdha Dravyas like
Ghrita is ideal.