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Therapyचिकित्सा कर्म

Enema therapy (basti)

बस्ति कर्म (एनिमा) · बस्तिकर्म

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
बस्तिकर्मबस्तिप्रयोगवस्तिकर्म
Hindi
बस्ति कर्मएनिमाबस्ति
English
Enema therapyenema therapybastivasti
Romanized
bastivasti

What the text says

Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.

Properties1

  • A properly given enema is said to calm vata and bring comfort, increase strength, life span and digestive fire, act as an aphrodisiac, preserve youthfulness, give freedom from disease and improve the complexion.

    Chapter 8 · p. 122 · v. 64Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Treatment principle1

  • No other measure is said to calm vata diseases as well as a properly given enema.

    Chapter 8 · p. 122 · v. 64Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Quantity as written1

  • The quantity of enema fluid may be adjusted to age, strength, body, the state of the doshas and the heaviness or lightness of the drugs, but never beyond six kudava; medicated oil or ghee is given at half the quantity of the fluid.

    Chapter 8 · p. 120 · v. 54Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Contraindications1

  • Enemas are never to be given to those with indigestion, fear, grief, pandu, intoxication, fainting, loss of taste, giddiness, breathlessness, cough, kushtha, abdominal disease, thirst or haemorrhoids, to the very young, pregnant women, those with wasting, prameha, emaciation, weak digestion or insanity, to those with a chest wound unless they have severe vata disease, or to those with loss of strength, drying, delirium, stiff limbs or heavy sleep.

    Chapter 8 · p. 122 · v. 62-63Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 27 times on 19 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

All references

Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.

Quick facts

Content type
Therapy
Categories
Panchakarma
Source pages with records
2
Pages naming it
19
Chapters
Chapter 8
Extraction tasks
T05
Record id
method_basti