Meal and preparation before an oil enema

Before an anuvasana enema the patient is fed, according to his usual diet, with milk, khala and similar foods a quarter less than his usual measure. A person whose body is impure is first cleansed, and one who has eaten very unctuous food is not given the enema.

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Names and synonyms

Hindi: अनुवासन से पूर्व भोजन विधि
English: Meal and preparation before an oil enema

Ingredients and preparation

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Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर)	़ीर‘ण / दूध	Not stated

How it is used

The enema follows a meal a quarter smaller than usual.

वह हमेशा माोजन करता है, उससे (उचित मात्रा से)चौथाइर् हिस्सा कम भोजन कराकर शास्त्राोक्र विधि

Therapies involvedOil enema (anuvasana basti)अनुवासन बस्ति Purification therapy (shodhana)शोधन चिकित्सा

आहारक्रममवलोक्य रोगमत्ता।Source wording as converted, Chapter 22 · p. 529 · v. 127-129.

Safety

Needs a trained practitioner. This procedure or preparation is of a kind that should only be carried out under qualified supervision.
Contraindication in the text: It is not given to one who has eaten very unctuous food, since sneha from both mouth and anus causes fainting, thirst, intoxication and burning distress.
Contraindication in the text: It is not given to a person whose body is impure, because strong wastes block the passage and the potency of the oil spreads upward; such a body is cleansed first.

Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.

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Meal before the oil enemaअनुवासन से पहले भोजन की विधि No oil enema after very unctuous foodस्निग्ध आहार करने वाले को अनुवासन बस्ति का निषेध No oil enema for an uncleansed bodyअशुद्ध शरीर को अनुवासन का निषेध

Therapies involved2

Oil enema (anuvasana basti)अनुवासन बस्ति Purification therapy (shodhana)शोधन चिकित्सा

Ingredients1

Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर)

Questions1

Why must an anuvasana enema not be given on an empty stomach?अनुवासन बस्ति खाली पेट क्यों नहीं देनी चाहिए?

Sessions1

Complications of medicinal proceduresभेषजकर्मोपद्रव

Questions and answers

Why must an anuvasana enema not be given on an empty stomach?

On an empty bowel the oil rises upward and causes faults, so the patient is first fed suitable food and the enema is given while his hand is still wet.

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