Abstract

A CLINICO-ANATOMICAL REVIEW OF BASTI MARMA W.S.R. TO MARMĀBHIGHĀTA & AŚMARĪ

Dr. Ashish Kumar Patel*, Dr. Vedmani Pandey and Dr. Namrata Mishra

Abstract

Āyurveda the science which basically emphasizes on the vital parts of the body known as marma and their proper significance in the respect of treatment procedures along with their preventive measures to save them from getting traumatised. Among these marma, basti gets its prime place due to being the place of urine and also the fate of the human body when it gets traumatised. In Āyurvedic treatises it is placed among the three important marmas. And any traumatic injury directly in it or nearby it causes instant death or death within 15 days respectively. This facts of traumatic injury and its pathophysiology can be correlated with peripheral vascular shock occurred due to trauma of urinary bladder & septicemia occured due to suppurative pelvic cellulitis respectively.

Keywords: Marma, Basti, Peripheral Vascular Shock, Septicemia.