Basti and parasites issue

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An off-list querry:

 

>Your remark on this topic was interesting. Since I am of the opinion

that

>all manner of infectious disease qualifies as " parasitic " then we

>certainly have to be specific about the caveat to avoid basti when

client

>has parasites. If we think of malaria or dysentery this makes

sense.

It

>does not make sense when there are round worms, for example. I'm

>wondering, since I've not talked to a clinician on this topic if you

>would elaborate on this classical proscription. From the seen to

unseen,

>as mentioned in Caraka, which are amenable to treatment with basti? >

 

 

 

Ayurveda, being a philosophy born out of meditation, yoga of body,

mind and soul, and also experience, does not stop with ancient

acharyas.

 

Basti is most powerful tool in the hands of a Vaidya. It is also

least explored and researched tool today. The reason is of course no

patients reluctance to ayurvedic invasive treatment. Modern science

has created scare in the minds of people, when invasion by a health

care provider comes.

 

Before we go further please visit to a good article from a professor

as well as vaidya on administration of basti:

 

http://health.ayurveda/message/7094

 

he freely shares his experience and recommendations.

 

Basti can be used to tackle parasites also. author recollects

childhood experience, twice a year, either taking castor oil+milk

orally at bedtime as well as morning to clean round worms. HOme

became hospital for 2-3 days. Those siblings who would refuse due to

taste, were given basti which included castor oil in herbal

decoction. we used to get worms thrown out of bowels, for next 2 to

three days. and hunger would return in normalized form; bed wetting,

teeth crunching, anus itch would vanish. Ayurveda in india was kept

alive mainly by mothers and grand-mothers.

 

In practice, author adds a little castor oil as well as decoction of

certain herbs used in treating parasites, when he administer basti to

a patient. The decoction formula varies with patient. Now how long

basti is retained depends on the method of administration. Though

basti just means herbal enema, the exact clincial procedures defers

from vaidya to vaidya. it is an art as much as surgery or giving

injection (without pain) is.

 

While differentiation between herbal decoction basti (Niruha) and oil

basti (Anuvasana) is for discussion sake, some recommend mixtures

too. Indeed, Niruha basti also contains a little oil, honey etc to

offer lubrication and have other effects. Dr Lad, as a part of home

panch karma advises Dashmul Kashaya+sesame oil mixture about 20

minutes after oil is administered. So you can see, ayurveda offers a

wide scope to individual thinking and there are guidelines only by

acharyas. The anuvasan basti (oil alone) is contra-indicated when

parasites are there since oil may provide them a good nutrition! see

for instance:

 

http://translate.google.com/translate?

hl=en & sl=ja & u=http://www.begin.or.jp/ytokoji/ayurveda/bheemabat/bheema

..htm & sa=X & oi=translate & resnum=7 & ct=result & prev=/search%3Fq%3DBasti%

252Bparasites%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D

 

But would you not like worms to lap up the oil, if it was their

poison?

 

Basti is contraindicated when a person is suffering from diorrhea.

but probiotics basti helps diorrhea to reduce slowly. but

administration of such a basti is a bit tricky. The efforts in

exactitude, care, preparing decoctions etc for a single patient are

often disproportionate to the fees, which has killed the usage of

bastis.

 

The herbal decoctions act in a slightly dfferent manner when given

orally or rectally. many parasites and pathogens are taken care by

probiotics basti, esp. candidiasis.

 

And basti can be taken even when there is fever as given in the

article by authors friend, is it not adequate assurance that

pathogens are also taken care?

 

Since Panch Karma has so much scope and expression for individuals

thinking, one can not go strictly by " book of practice "

or " practitioners manuals " as in modern science. Patients too, should

not become surprised by difference in philosophies of Vaidyas.

 

The subject of bastis before conception, during last few weeks of

pregnancy and post partum is more involved and equally interesting as

it can treat several repro-genito-urinal system disorders. PCOS,

dismenorrhea, amenorrhea, menorrhagia, leucorrhea, uterus prollapse,

bladder stones, prostate enlargemnet etc are just few instances.

hence need a separate post some other time.

 

ayurveda , " Ysha Oakes "

<AyurDoulas wrote:

>> Dr. Bhate, as I understand it the postpartum early weeks we would

not

> be doing this parasite kashya basti (I know not the recipe, but

expect

> it might easily increase vata or certainly be less preferred at this

> time?). Are there other herbs in addition to bala (which apparently

> is being banned for import here now!) which would be suitable for

> early postpartum oil basti decoction? Our choice at this time

appears

> to be dashamoola and perhaps some ashwaghanda.

>

> Per your statement, " bastis can make pelvis muscles strong enough

not

> to need foreceps at all. provided of course right oils and number of

> bastis are performed. " - Is it that the oil itself strengthens the

> pelvic muscles, or is it the use of bala and other herbs carried by

> the oil? Would you kindly share more on this preparatory practice?

> This is done preconception, or during pregnancy? Differing

> discussions have come across my desk about whether to do basti

during

> pregnancy, except for last weeks.