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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.

The nozzle (netra) of this basti is said to have the shape of the stalk of a jasmine (malati) flower; with it the procedure for treating the defects of semen and menstrual blood in men and…

Specification of the uttara basti nozzle: for men eight finger-breadths of the patient's own finger, round, smooth, of silver or another metal, with a collar at the base, like a jasmine…

Once the measured fluid has been introduced the nozzle is withdrawn slowly. After the fluid has come back out, the patient is given a meal with milk and soups (yusha) in the afternoon (the…

Bowing to Lord Jinendra, whom the lord of the gods worships, the author promises to describe the uttarabasti, with the features of its nozzle, its use, its procedure and the measure of its…

The patient fit for uttarabasti is oleated and bathed (sweated) with warm water, given a gruel with ghee and milk to drink and made to pass stool and urine. He is seated squatting on a…