Basti

Basti treatment is the most important treatment among Panchakarma therapies. In this therapy enema is administered with oils, medicated decoctions, ghee, milk through the routes like anal, urinary or vaginal.
This is the best in therapy to deal with Vata disorders. This therapy pacify disorders plus maintain health. It helps in curing psychological diseases.
It is like a boon for delaying ageing process, for healthy mind and body. It cleanses the whole body and also acts as rejuvinator. It boosts up immunity and promotes healthy life.
Basti is described as ‘Ardha Chikitsa’ or ‘Half of the treatment of all the treatments’. It maintains quality of life.
It is much more than just administering enema. It is not simple water enema or soap water to clean your larger intestine or flush stools out.

It is very much helpful in paralytic patient, arthritis, musculoskeletal disease, auto immune problems etc.

The name basti is used because ancient doctors used urinary bladder of animals to give enema. And in sanskrit bladder is called as basti.

Basti is inserted in various routes like urethral route to treat uro-genital disorders, vaginal route in women to treat disorders of female reproductive system, anal route to balance out vata dosha in whole body, in wound the medicine is pushed into the ulcers and sinuses to clean and heal the wounds and ulcers.

Its purpose is to expel out the increased doshas from the body, to pacifying the aggravated doshas, to excrete out the accumulated doshas.
It acts like an aphrodisiac for those suffering from less semen. It also nourishes the eyes. It slows ageing process aand reduce premature greying of hairs. It works as anti- ageing and promotes youthfulness. It provides nourishment and also builds up the body. One can observe good skin colour and complexion.
It helps in treating low back ache, sciatica, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, hemiplegia, epilepsy, chronic constipation, etc.

It increases strength and immunity and also increases the life span.

Basti should be avoided in menstruating women, When person is suffering from diarrhoea, inflammation of the anus, bleeding from rectum or when person is extremely weak.
Basti works in colon but it’s impact is very deep and focuses on whole body.