🔘HIMA KALPANA

 

Hima Kalpanā(Cold Infusion):-

 👉🏻 *Introduction:-* 

Hima kalpanā is a liquid preparation where the selected : drugs in coarse

powder form are soaked in water for a stipulated period to facilitate the

transfer of water-soluble active principles from drug to the liquid media.

These preparations usually possess 'sītavirya' and 'mrduguna'. Here,

the drugs with 'madhura and amla rasa' and the drugs with 'volatile

principles' are preferred.

These preparations in general mitigate pitta dosa (pitta sämaka), cardio-tonic (hrdya) and satisfying (sadyah santarpaka).

👉🏻 *Hima- definition:* 

One part of drug in coarse powder form is soaked over night in 6 parts of

soft and clean water.

Next day macerated the mixture well with clean hands and filter

through a clean cotton cloth.

The filtrate obtained is taken as the 'hima'.

क्षुणं द्रव्यपलं सम्यक् षड्भिरिपलैः प्लुतम् । निशोषितं हिमः स स्यात् तथा शीतकषायकः॥

👉🏻   *Hima- precautions:* 

1. For 'hima' preparation, take the drugs in coarse powder (yavakūta

cürna) form;

2. Use soft water for soaking the drugs:

3. Carry out sufficient maceration of the soaked drug;

4. Use chemically inert vessel for soaking the drugs,

5. These 'hima' preparation is for instant use only.

👉🏻 *Hima-Dose and adjuvant:* 

तन्मानं फाण्टवज्ज्ञेयं सर्वत्रैवैष निश्चयः।

(Two pala 196 ml) is the general dosage of 'hima kalpana. These

preparations are administered along with 'sugar' or any other suitable fine

powder of medicinal drug/drugs'.

👉🏻   *Examples* :-

1. Dhanyaka hima

2. Dhanyakadi hima

3. Särivadi hima

1. Dhanyaka hima:

One part of roughly pounded dhanyaka' is taken in a clean stainless

steel vessel.

The vessel is added with 6 parts of soft and clean water and kept

undisturbed overnight in a safe place with a lid covering the vessel.

Next day the drug mixture in the vessel is macerated well with clean hands and 

filtered through a clean cloth. This liquid filtrate is called as

'Dhanyaka hima'.

It is administered in the dcsage of 2 pala  (96ml) along with sugar or any

other suitable adjuvant to cure antar-dana' burning sensation in the body)

and trsnā (thirst).

This preparation is also a good'sroto-visodhaka' 

(cleanses the body

channels).

2. Dhānyakädi hima:

Roughly pounded 1. Amalaki 2. Dhanyaka 3. Vasa mula 4. Drāksa and

5. Parpata; are taken one part each in a clean stainless steel vessel.

The vessel is added with 30 parts 16 times of total drug quantity) of soft and clean water. It is kept undisturbed overnight in a safe place with a lid over the vessel.

Next day the drug mixture in the vessel is macerated well with clean hands and filtered through a clean cloth. This liquid filtrate is called as'dhanyakadi hima'.

It is administered in the dosage of 2 pala (96 ml) along with 'sugar' or

any other suitable adjuvant to cure 'raktapitta', 'jwara' (fever), dāha'

(burning sensation in the body), 'trsnā' (thirst) and 'soșa' (mukha-sosa;

dryness in the mouth).

3. Sarvadi hima:

(Siddhayoga Sangraha; Kusthächikara 21/5th preparation)

Roughly pounded 1. Särivä 2. Ušabā (Smilax amata) 3. Copacini

(Smilax china) 4.Manjistha 5. Gudüci 6. Dhamāsā (ragonia arabicaj 7.Raktacandana 8. Gulavanaphsä (vicla odoreta) 9. USīra 10. Mundi 11.Sahatarā (Fumeria indica) 

12. Kamalapuspa 13. Gulābapuspa 14. Drora-

puspi 15.Padma-kapuspa 

16. Sankhapuşpa; are taken one part each in a clean stainless steel vessel.

The vessel is added with 96 parts (6 times of total drug quanti.y) of soft and clean water. It is kept undisturbed overnight in a safe place with a lid over the vessel.

Next day the drug mixture in the vessel is macerated well with clean hands and filtered through a clean cloth. This liquid filtrate is called as

'dhānyakādi hima'.

It is administered in the dosage of 2 pala (96 ml) along with 'sugar',

"honey' or any other suitable adjuvant. It is found useful in 'raktavikara',

'kandu', 'pāmā', 'hastapāda dāha', amlapitta' and 'jīrnajwara'.