The nozzle used for the uttarabasti is described as having the shape of the stalk of a jasmine (malati) flower; with it the semen and menstrual defects of men and women are treated.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- उत्तरबस्ति नेत्र
- Hindi
- उत्तरबस्ति की नली (पिचकारी)
- English
- Uttarabasti nozzle
Ingredients and preparation
Indicated for, as the text says
- Semen disorders (shukradosha)(शुक्र (वीर्य) सम्बन्धी दोष)
- Disorders of menstrual blood (artava dosha)(रज सम्बन्धी दोष)
भावार्थ : चमेली पुष्प की डंठल के समान नेत्रबस्ति (पिचकारी) की आकृति बताइर् गइर् है।Source wording as converted, Chapter 23 · p. 541 · v. 2.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.
Questions and answers
What is the uttarabasti, and what fluid measures does the commentary give for it?
A footnote defines it as the basti given into the male organ, or into the urinary passage and uterus of women, named so because it is given after the niruha. It is oily or of decoction: the fat is one pala (four tola) for men, half a pala for women and a quarter pala for girls under twelve, and the decoction one prasrita for all; to cleanse the uterus both are doubled.
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Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
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- Chapters
- Chapter 23
- Extraction tasks
- T26
- Record id
- method_uttara_basti_netra_p613