Vamana: Therapeutic Vomiting.

Therapeutic vomiting (vamana) is used to treat excess accumulations of kapha in the stomach. After three or four glasses of special herbs or salt water administered in the early morning, the tongue is rubbed to induce vomiting.

The release of mucus through this therapy can bring immediate relief to congestion, wheezing, bronchitis, or breathlessness, and the sinuses will clear. Therapeutic vomiting is also indicated for skin diseases, chronic asthma, diabetes, chronic cold, lymphatic obstruction, chronic indigestion, edema, chronic sinus problems, and repeated attacks of tonsillitis. All of these conditions are associated with an imbalance of kapha.