Fainting: Ayurvedic Treatment, Causes & Natural Remedies

Murcha

Murchchha is consciousness slipping when Pitta and Vata flood the heart-mind. Ayurveda revives with cool sandalwood paste, rose water, ghee, and Brahmi to steady Sadhaka.

Last updated: March 31, 2026

Shock (Fainting): Ayurvedic First Aid

Inhale fresh, broken onion, or inhale calamus root powder.

Source: Ayurveda: The Science of Self-Healing, Appendix B: First Aid Treatments

Recommended Herbs for Fainting

Onion Allium cepa Linn. Palandu (Onion) is one of the most universally used vegetables in Indian cooking. It is pungent when raw, sweet when cooked. It is heavy, oily and hot. It strengthens the body and is considered aphrodisiac. It pacifies Vata. Different varieties — white, red and pink. It is used in virtually all Indian preparations. Verse: 63. Vacha Acorus calamus Vacha literally means ‘speech’. Calamus thrives in wet, damp marshland and is a semi-aquatic perennial. Its qualities treat similar ‘terrain’ in the whole system; sluggish, congested, heavy and wet conditions, like those of a marshland, are opposed by the warm, drying, penetrating and stimulating qualities of vacha.

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Ayurvedic Perspective on Fainting

Dosha Involvement: Vata, Pitta, Kapha

Ayurvedic Therapies: General: Constant sprinkling or spraying of water over the body, plunging one into a cold bath, contact with cold gems and flower garlands, cold compresses and plasters, cold breeze and fanning, cold-scented drinks (i.e., all cooling measures).

Source: The Ayurveda Encyclopedia, Chapter 20: Mental Health

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