Other methods to heal prameha include strenuous exercises, oil massage, steam, sitz or waist bath, and sprinkling of water and ointment. Herbs of dry ginger, cardamom, and sandalwood are used in baths, and taken orally. Gurmar is the best herb for digesting sugar in the pancreas. Simultaneously, the foods and life habits that caused the disease are avoided. These may be taken with a small amount of ghee.
Purgation is the best therapy for healing.
These are taken with ghee or sesame oil. They may be added to a drink of roasted corn flour mixed with raw honey. Medicated oils and ghees. For Tridoshic symptoms, both the ghee and oils are used with the same herbs. Top Return to Table of Contents From the Ayurveda Encyclopedia.