Giving the uttara basti

The fluid (decoction, oil, ghee or the like) is at most one prasrita. The urethral opening is cleared with a camphor-smeared probe and the parts are rubbed first; a man sits in the cock posture on a firm seat of knee height, a woman lies supine on it with legs raised and drawn up. After the fluid is delivered the opening is cleansed with a probe smeared with oil, nirgundi juice and camphor and the area below the navel is rubbed firmly; that day the patient eats with milk.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: उत्तरबस्ति प्रयोग
Hindi: उत्तरबस्ति देने की विधि
English: Giving the uttara basti

Ingredients and preparation

UrethralChapter 13 · p. 228 · v. 38-41

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Karpura (camphor)कपूर (कर्पूर)	इंदु / कपूर	Not stated
Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल)	तैल / तेल	Not stated
Nirgundi (five-leaved chaste tree)निर्गुंडी (संभालू)	निर्गुणिड का रस	Not stated
Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत)	आजय / घी	Not stated
Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर)	पय / दूध	Not stated

Preparation as described

Steps: choose the fluid, a decoction, oil, ghee or the like, at most one prasrita; clear the urethral opening with a thin probe smeared with camphor; rub the parts; seat the patient as described; give the injection; then cleanse the opening with a probe smeared with oil, nirgundi juice and camphor and rub firmly below the navel.

उसकी अधिक से अधिक मात्रा एक प्रसृत (साठ तोला) प्रमाण है।

How it is used

Given with the man seated in the cock posture or the woman lying on her back with legs raised; on that day the patient is fed with milk in the evening.

उस दिन सायंकाल दूध के साथ भोजन कराना चाहिए।

Indicated for, as the text says

Urinary stone (ashmari)(अशमरी)
Urinary gravel (sharkara)(शर्करा)
Painful urination (mutrakricchra)(मृत्रकृच्छ)
Urinary disorders (mutraroga)(मूत्ररोग)

Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.

Therapies involvedUrethral and vaginal douche (uttara basti)उत्तर बस्ति

Organs mentionedKidneys and urinary systemगुर्दे और मूत्र तंत्र Reproductive organsप्रजनन अंग

द्रवप्रमाणं प्रसृतं विधाय तत्। कषायतैलाजयगुणोषु कस्यचित्।Source wording as converted, Chapter 13 · p. 228 · v. 38-41.

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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