Vamana is considered qualified for the removal of morbid and accelerated Kapha, and hence for treating the problems of Kapha. It removes the doṣha through the belly with the aid of vomiting and needs to commonly accept after acting Snehana and Svedana.
Bloodless (pīnasa), pores and skin diseases (kuṣṭha), recent fever, Cough (okayāsa), breathlessness (śvāsa), sicknesses of the throat, enlargement of the thyroid (galagaṇḍa), elephantiasis (ślīpada), urinary problems (prameha), dwindled digestive strength (mandāgni), indigestion, acute and chronic poisoning (viṣa), bleeding from decrease part of the body (adhoga-rakta-pitta), piles, nausea, anorexia (aruci), scrofula, epilepsy (apasmāra), madness (unmāda), diarrhoea (atisāra), oedama (śopha), anaemia (pāṇḍu), stomatitis, stanya-doṣa and disorders of Kapha are the conditions wherein Vamana remedy is indicated.
