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DALAK (MASSAGE)
Definition
It is the type of exercise in which surface of the body rubbed with hands so as to increase the blood circulation and remove waste materials from the body.
Massage has been described under the heading of exercise, because it executes the same function as exercise i.e. it disintegrates the waste products, liquefies the viscid matter, produces energy and strengthens ligaments & tendons. (Kulliyat e nafeesi)
Massage may be described as a scientific way of treating some form of disease, by internal manipulations applied in a variety of ways to the soft tissue of the body. (Goodall-Copestake, 1926)
Any technique be it manual or mechanical which imparts mechanical energy to the soft tissue of body through the skin without prod using any change in the position of joint, in order to elicit certain physiological or psychological effect which can be utilized for therapeutic, restorative or a healthy individual.
Composition (Azaraqi) 125 gm, Sesamum indicum ( Roghan Kunjad) 750 mlAction Anti inflammatory (Tahleel-e waram), Anti arthritis and Analgesic.
Roghan-e Babuna
Composition: Matricaria chamomilla (Gul-e Babuna) 100 gm, Sesamum indicum (Roghan-e Kunjad) 300 gm Action: Cervical Spondilysis, Anti inflammatory, Anti arthritis, Analgesic, Anti phlogistic such as Pneumonia and Pleurisy.
Composition: Poultry eggs (Murghi ke anday) 10 Nos, Petroleum etner (Petrol safaid) 1 litere Or Sesamum indicum oil (Roghn-Kunjad) 700 ml Indication: Hair growth Promoter, Prevents premature graying of hair Aphrodisiaces.
Roghan-e Badam shirin
Composition: Prunus amygdalus (Maghz-badam shirin) As req. Indication: Constipation due to intestinal dry ness, Anodyne and sudorific, Pestoratine and tonicDoes: 5-10 ml with 250 ml milk in constipation, Also L/A Hair and part of the body with massage
Roghan-e Mom
Composition: Bees wax (Mom desi) 1kg, Acacia Arabica (Charcol /kikar ka koila) 50 gm, Indication: General analgesic, Anti arthritic, Anti Colic, Emollient for scalds and burns, Anti phlogistic such as Pneumonia, Pleurisy,
Roghan-e Mastagi
Compositin: Pistacia lentiscus (mastagi) 75 gm, Sesamum indicus (Roghn-kujad) 700 ml, Indication: Hardness of the Liver, Spleen, Muscles, Nervine tonic
Indication: Facial parlysis (Laqwa), Paralysis (Faliz), Gout (Nakarash), Gonagra, Podagra, Omagra, Sciatica and Lumbago, Vulnerary, anti phlogistic like Pneumonia, Pleurisy. Allied diseases due to accumulation of uric acid and crystals
Roghan-e Dhatura
Composition: Datura metal (Tukhm datura siyaha) 100 gm, Sesamum indicum oil (Til ka tail) 250 ml, Indication: Palsy Paralysis, Facial Paralysis and Gout.
Contraindications of massage
1) Skin disorders which would be irritated by either increase in warmth of the part or by the lubricants which night be used e.g. eczema, ulcer, inflammation
2) When superficial infections of skin are suppurating or in case of ulcer.
3) In the presence of malignant tumor.
4) In the presence of recent, unhealed scars or open wounds.
5) Adjacent to recent fracture sites.
6) Over joints or other tissue which are acutely inflamed, especially joints with tubercular infection