An enema of the decoction of milky-sap trees, the sweet drug group and cooling drugs, with a paste of the same drugs and sugar, sugarcane juice, milk and ghee, called the pacifying enema, which the text says calms the doshas of the body.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- प्रशमन बस्तिशमन बस्ति
- Hindi
- शमन बस्ति
- English
- Pacifying enema
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Panchavalkala (five barks)पंचवल्कल | ़ीरवृ़ा / दूधिया वृ़ा | Not stated |
| Sweet-taste herb group (madhura gana)मधुर गण | मधुरौषध / मधुर औषध वर्ग | Not stated |
| Sugar (sharkara, sita)शक्कर (शर्करा, सिता) | शर्करा / शPर | Not stated |
| Sugarcane (ikshu)गन्ना (इक्षु) | इ़ुरस / इर्ख का रस | Not stated |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | दुग्ध / दूध | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घृत / घी | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The paste of the drugs, sugar, sugarcane juice, milk and ghee are added to their decoction.
औषधियों के कल्क व शPर, इर्ख का रस, दूध, घी मिलाकर तैयार की हुइर् बस्ति प्रशमनबस्ति
How it is used
As a pacifying enema.
कहलाती है, जो शरीरगत दोषों को उपशम करती है।
भावार्थ : दूधिया वृ़ा, मधुर औषध वर्ग व शीतल गुण युक्र औषध इनके क्वाथ में इन्हींSource wording as converted, Chapter 22 · p. 537 · v. 158.Safety
- Needs a trained practitioner. This procedure or preparation is of a kind that should only be carried out under qualified supervision.
Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 22
- Extraction tasks
- T25
- Record id
- formulation_shamana_basti_p609