Elimination of disorders caused by pitta and vata
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Description
TYPE:Technique/Pranayama
PRAMANA：Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Apta Pramana Source：
Hathatatvakaumudi (Chapter 10, Verse 33)
Original Verse：
"पित्तदोषदलनं शशिना स्याद् भास्करेण कफवातमलान्तः ॥
मासकैस्त्रिभिरहोऽभ्यसनेन नाडिशुद्धिरमला समुदेति ॥ ३३ ॥"
Transliteration：
"pittadoṣadalanaṃ śaśinā syād bhāskareṇa kaphavātamalāntaḥ ॥
māsakaistribhiraho'bhyasanena nāḍiśuddhiramalā samudeti ॥ 33 ॥"
Translation： "Disorders caused due to pitta (bile) are rid off by practice of (Pranayama) undertaken through the left (candra) nostril, while phlegmatic and airy (vata) disorders are removed by the practice undertaken through the right (surya) nostril in three months; one attains thorough purification of the nadis."