PG Module 6

BASTI KARMA

EXPLANATORY NOTES

VAITARAṆA BASTI

पलशुक्तिकर्षकुडवैःअम्लीगुडसिन्धुजन्मगोमूत्रैः।

ईषतैलयुतोअयंबस्तिशूलानाहआमवातहरः।।

वैतरणःक्षारबस्तिभुक्तेचापिप्रदीयते।।                          (C.D. 73/32)

 

Ingredients:

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Ingredients of Basti

Quantity

1

Āmlīkā

1 Pala (48 g)

2

Guḍa

1 Śukti (24 g)

3

Saindhava

1 Karṣa (12 g)

4

Gomūtra

1 Kuḍava (192 ml)

5

Taila

Little quantity

 

Indications:

 

VaitaraṇaBasti is indicated in Śūla, Ānaha and Amavāta. Vaitaraṇa Basti and Kṣāra Basti can be given after food.

 

सिन्धूद्भवस्यकर्षंअम्लिकायाःपलंगुडार्द्धपलं।

सुरभीपयसःकुडवःसर्वैरेतैःकृतोबस्ति: ॥

ईषत्तैलयुतोऽयंभुक्तेदत्तेनिहन्तिरोगगणम्।

कट्युरुपृष्ठशोथंशूलंचामानिलम्घोरम्॥

चिरभवमुरुस्तम्भंगृध्रसिरोगंचजानुसंकोचम्।

विषमज्वराणिघोरंक्लैब्यञ्चविनाशयत्याशु॥

बस्तिर्वैतरणोक्तोगुणगणयुक्तःसुविख्यातः।

भोजयित्वाचसायाह्नेसर्वस्यायंप्रशस्यते॥

अथचेद्बलवान्जन्तुरभुक्त्वापितथाक्वचित्।                                 

(VaṅgasenaSaṃhita. BastimātraAdhikāra. 186-190)

 

Ingredients:

 

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Ingredients of Basti

Quantity

1

Saindhava

1 Karṣa (12 g)

2

Āmlīkā

1 Pala (48 g)

3

Guḍa

½ Pala (24 g)

4

Kṣīra

1 Kuḍava (192 ml)

5

Taila

Little quantity

 

Indication: 

 

Vaitaraṇa Basti is indicated in  Kaṭī, Uru, PṛṣṭhaŚopha, Śūla, severe VātaVikāras and chronic Ūrustambha, Gṛdhrasī, JānuSaṅkoca, severe ViṣamaJvara, Klaibya.

It is recommended that this Basti should be given after food in the evening but if the patient is strong it may be given sometimes without taking food.

KṢĀRA BASTI

सैन्धवाक्षंसमादायशताह्वाक्षंतथैव​ च।

गोमुत्रस्यपलान्यष्टौअम्लिकायापलद्वयम्॥

गुडस्यद्विपलेचैवसममालोड्ययत्नतः।

वस्त्रपूतंसुखोष्णंचबस्तिम्दद्यात्विचक्षणः॥

शूलंविड्सङ्गमानाहंमूत्रकृच्छ्रंचदारुणम्।

कृम्युदावर्तगुल्मादीन्सद्योहन्यात्निषेवितः||                      (Chakradatta 73/29-31)

 

Ingerdients:

 

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Ingredients of Basti

Quantity

1

Saindhava

1 Akṣa (12 g)

2

Śatapuṣpa Kalka

1 Akṣa (12 g)

3

Āmlīkā

2 Pala (98 g)

4

Guḍa

2 Pala (96 g)

5

Gomūtra

8 Pala (384 ml)

 

All the ingredients mixed together are strained through  a piece of cloth and administered warm.

 

Indication:

 

Regular use of Kṣāra Basti alleviates Śūla, Vitsaṅga, Ānaha, severe Mūtrakṛcchra, Kṛmi, Udāvarta, Gulma etc in short time.

PAÑCAPRASṚTIKA BASTI

क्षीराद्द्वौ प्रसृतौ कार्यौ मधुतैलघृतात्त्रयः|
खजेन मथितो बस्तिर्वातघ्नो बलवर्णकृत्||४|                               (Cha. Si.8/4)

 

Ingredients :

 

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Ingredients of Basti

Quantity

1

Kṣīra

2 Prasṛta (192 g)

2

Madhu  

1 Prasṛta (96 g)

3

Taila

1 Prasṛta (96 g)

4

Ghṛta

1 Prasṛta (96 g)

 

Indication :

 

Pañcaprasṛtika Basti is Vātahara, BalaVardhaka and Varṇakara.

PICCHĀ BASTI

यवासकुशकाशानं मूलं पुष्पं च शाल्मलम्|
न्यग्रोधोदुम्बराश्वत्थशुङ्गाश्च द्विपलोन्मिताः||२२५||
त्रिप्रस्थं सलिलस्यैतत् क्षीरप्रस्थं च साधयेत्|
क्षीरशेषं कषायं च पूतं कल्कैर्विमिश्रयेत्||२२६||
कल्काः शाल्मलिनिर्याससमङ्गाचन्दनोत्पलम्|
वत्सकस्य च बीजानि प्रियङ्गुः पद्मकेशरम्||२२७||
पिच्छाबस्तिरयं सिद्धः सघृतक्षौद्रशर्करः|
प्रवाहिकागुदभ्रंशरक्तस्रावज्वरापहः||२२८||                              (Cha.Chi.14/225-229)

 

Ingredients:

 

Two Palas each of Yavāsa, Kuśa, Kāśa, flowers of semul and adventitious roots of Nyagrodha, Udumbara and Aśvatha should be added in six Prasthas of water, two Prasthas of milk and boiled till two Prasthas remain. This should be strained through a cloth, and to this, the paste of the resin from Śālmali (Mocarasa), Mañjiṣṭha, Candana, Utpala, seeds of Kuṭaja, Priyaṅgu and Padmakesara should be added. This effective recipe is called Picchā Basti and it should be added with ghee, honey and sugar as ĀvāpaDravya.

 

Indication:

It cures dysentery, prolapsed rectum, bleeding per rectum and fever.

YĀPANA BASTI

स्वस्थानामातुराणांचवृद्धानांचाविरोधिनाः||२०||
अतिव्यवायशीलानांशुक्रमांसबलप्रदाः|
सर्वरोगप्रशमनाःसर्वेष्वृतुषुयौगिकाः||२१||
नारीणामप्रजातानांनराणांचाप्यपत्यदाः|
उभयार्थकरादृष्टाःस्नेहबस्तिनिरूहयोः||२२||                               (Cha. Si. 12/20-22)

 

YāpanaBastis are indicated for healthy, diseased and old persons. They nourishes Śukra and MāṃsaDhātu of persons excessively indulging in sex. They cure all the diseases and are suitable for administration in all the seasons. They help the sterile women and men to conceive and have the progeny. These YāpanaBastis can impart the effect of both Sneha Basti and Nirūha Basti.

 

MUSTĀDI YĀPANA BASTI

यापनाश्च बस्तयः सर्वकालं देयाः; तानुपदेक्ष्यामः- मुस्तोशीरबलारग्वधरास्नामञ्जिष्ठाकटुरोहिणीत्रायमाणापुनर्नवाबिभीतकगुडूचीस्थिरादिपञ्चमूलानि पलिकानि खण्डशः क्लृप्तान्यष्टौ च मदनफलानि प्रक्षाल्य जलाढके परिक्वाथ्य पादशेषो रसः क्षीरद्विप्रस्थसंयुक्तः पुनः शृतः क्षीरावशेषः पादजाङ्गलरसस्तुल्यमधुघृतः शतकुसुमामधुककुटजफलरसाञ्जनप्रियङ्गुकल्कीकृतः ससैन्धवः सुखोष्णो बस्तिः शुक्रमांसबलजननः क्षतक्षीणकासगुल्मशूलविषमज्वरब्रध्न(वर्ध्म)- कुण्डलोदावर्तकुक्षिशूलमूत्रकृच्छ्रासृग्रजोविसर्पप्रवाहिकाशिरोरुजा- जानूरुजङ्घाबस्तिग्रहाश्मर्युन्मादार्शःप्रमेहाध्मानवातरक्तपित्तश्लेष्मव्याधिहरः सद्यो बलजननो रसायनश्चेति (१)|

 

Ingredients:

 

The ingredients of MustādiYāpana Basti are Mākṣika and Ghṛta in equal quantity, Lavana, Kalka, Kvātha/ Kṣīrapaka, Māṃsarasa.

For the preparation of Kaṣāya, the Dravyas used are Mustā, Uśīra, Bala, Āragvadha, Rāsna, Mañjiṣṭha, Katurohini, Trāyamāna, Punarnava, Vibhītaka, Gudūci, Sthirā, Pañcamūla, 8 Madanaphala should be taken washed properly and boiled in one Āḍhaka of water and reduced to 1/4th. To this Kṣīra taken in the quantity of 2 Prastha is added and reduced to the quantity of Kṣīra. The Kalka Dravyas used are Śatakusuma, Madhuka, Kuṭajaphala, Rasānjana, &Priyaṅgu.

 

Indication:

 

MustādiYāpana Basti is Śukra – Māṃsa – BalaJanana and is indicated in Kṣatakṣīṇa, Kāsa, Gulma, Śūla, ViṣamaJvara, Bradhna, Udāvarta, KukṣiŚūla, Mūtrakṛcchra, Asṛkraja, Visarpa, Pravāhika, ŚiroRuja, Graha of Jānu, Uru, Jangha, Basti, Aśmari, Unmāda, Arśa, Prameha, Ādhmāna, Vātarakta, Pitta and ŚleṣmaVyādhihara. It is SadyobalaJanana and Rasāyana.

It is called as Yāpana Basti because, this Basti can be administered at any time.