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How is head basti (shirobasti) performed according to the commentary?

भावार्थ के अनुसार शिरोबस्ति कैसे की जाती है?

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A leather sleeve open at both ends is fixed on the head, sealed with black gram paste, filled with vata-reducing oil and held for a thousand kshana.

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For vata in the head, the cap-like sleeve of leather or thick leather-like cloth is set on the head, its join sealed with black gram paste and filled with vata-reducing oil; the head is kept still for a thousand kshana until discharge begins from the nose, mouth and eyes, and the sleeve is then removed.

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