Abstract

TO STUDY RETENTION TIME OF ANUVASANA BASTI BETWEEN ANCIENT AND RECENT PRACTICE OF KAAL BASTI IN MANAGEMENT OF PAKWASHAYA GATA VATA

*Dr. Jeevan Majgaonkar and Dr. Pradeep Jane

Abstract

Pakwashaya gata vata can be understood by its occurrence in patient by reviewing history of patient, as pakwashaya gata vata us totally subjective and no “vata” or “gata” can be assessed by any laboratory test. Every patient of pakwashaya gata vata may present 4-5 out of 6 symptoms. That means, the incidence of this disease already been flooding in population. Inadequate bowel evacuation is the major symptom of pakwashaya gata vata. Even any connective tissue disease might start from pakwashaya gata vata. Basti is treatment for connective tissue disease or vata dosha in Ayurveda. But there are pros and cons in ancient and recent panchakarma practice. Addition of honey with rock-salt suspension during anuvasana basti is becoming trend protocol of basti therapeutics. But ancient methodology of anuvasana basti i.e. use of tila taila as unctuous ingredient has more retention time over the use of honey with rock-salt suspension in tila taila. And pakwashaya gata vata also has good subjective relief by administering the ancient practice of kaal basti.

Keywords: pakwashaya gata vata, anuvasana basti.