Ksheera – milk
Dhoomam – sudation by fumigating

Here the milk is boiled with some vata reducing herbs and the steam is directed to the body for the perspiration.

Procedure

1. The Medicine is put in a vessel with a narrow neck. The mouth of the vessel is covered with a cloth & a tube is attached to the covering. The steam coming from the vessel is used for swedana
2. Using the above said mixture one can have it as a steam bath in a steam chamber
3. Time required – 15 to 20 minutes, usually daily once
4. Both the above said procedures have vivid therapeutical significance

Indications

1. Facial Paralysis
2. Atrophy of muscles
3. Poorvakarma of Nasya
4. Jihwasthambha [difficulty in speech]

Contra Indications

1. Nasal Bleeding
2. Fever & Cold
3. Eye diseases

Benefits

1. This type of swedana is snigdhasweda useful in vatha diseases
2. It can be used in dry skin also