Before an oil or niruha enema the patient is quickly given an oil massage and sweating and made to pass stool and urine. He is then laid on a clean floor bed in the middle of a windless house of the kind described earlier, and at midday the physician who knows the enema procedure gives the niruha by the stated method.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- निरूहबस्तिप्रयोगविधि
- Hindi
- निरूह बस्ति प्रयोग विधि
- English
- Procedure for giving a niruha enema
Ingredients and preparation
How it is used
At midday, after massage, sweating and evacuation, in a windless room.
भूमि के तलपर शयन कराकर मधयाह्व के समय विधिपूर्वक निरूहबस्ति का प्रयोग, बस्तिविधान को
Therapies involvedDecoction enema (niruha basti)निरूह बस्तिOil massage (abhyanga)अभ्यंग (तेल मालिश)Sudation therapy (svedana)स्वेदन (सेंक)
समय शीघ्र ही रोगी को अमयंग (तैल आदि स्नेह का मालिश)व स्वेदन कराकर, मल-मूत्रा का विसर्जनSource wording as converted, Chapter 22 · p. 535 · v. 148-149.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.
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Quick facts
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