Vasthi : Medicated Enema

Vasthi is the ace of amongst all Panchakarma treatments. In simple terms, vasthi means medicated enema. Since medicines reach your bowels directly without enzymatic actions, its effectiveness is very high. Hence, vasthi is also done along with many other Ayurvedic treatments. Due to its potential healing ability, vasthi is considered as "half the treatment", for many of these types of diseases. Medicated enemas are used for various specific reasons. In general, this treatment is used to flush the loosened doshas out through the intestinal tract. There are over 100 specific enemas listed in Ayurveda.

Vasthi is a main treatment form of Ayurveda, specially considering for the treatments of rheumatic diseases. It gets much importance in Ayurveda and it has some other form also, and all the Vasthi's are the valuable contributions of Ayurveda. An expert is needed before practicing Vasthi, and under the guidance of an ayurveda doctor (Vaidya) only the treatment should be done. The important Vasthi's are Kashaya Vasthi, Uttara Vasthi, Sneha Vasthi, Siro Vasthi etc. and it has the specialty of tradition and ancestral values. Vasthi is the Ayurveda treatment mainly focus on rheumatic diseases and its very result oriented to eliminate the paralysis disorders. This method is convinced thousands of years back and still on move as a successful treatment part of Ayurveda and the special power to eliminate rheumatic (Vatha) disorders made Vasthi to popularize everywhere especially at abroad. The toxin removal process from human body is also possible with Vasthi treatment and it can be defined as multipurpose system of Ayurveda with great curing capacity. The guaranteed relax from many ailments gives Vasthi an aura of a powerful curing form. It's capacity to remove toxin has to special mention and of course Vasthi is a complete solution for certain problematic diseases.

Uttara Vasthi:

Urovasthi is described as the herbal oil treatment, which is an important Panchakarma therapy that is used for the treatment of muscular chest pain. It cures problems like pain in the sternum, deep seated anxiety, chest pain and many others. The therapy is the best of its kind as it can restore the elasticity of the skin as well.

Kashaya Vasthi (Decoction enema):

Kashaya Vasthi is one type of vasthi in which heat is applied to specific portion of the body by retaining warm medicated oils. A dam of herbal dough is built on the affected area, poured with oil and then left to rest. As a result, it helps in rejuvenating your body by relieving pain, tension and swelling. This Ayurvedic therapy helps to get rid from chronic and acute back pain, prolapsed disc, lumbar spondylitis, sciatica and osteoporosis.

This has cures for many chronic pains and diseases.

• Relieves sciatica pain
• Reduces pain in Inter-vertebral Disc Prolapse (IVDP)
• Stimulates nerves thus relieving pain and numbness
• Recommended for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, disc bulge, and lumbosacral strain.

Sneha Vasthi (Oil enema) :

In sneha Vasthi, only medicated oils / ghrithams are used, whereas in Kashaya Vasthi, a mixture of various ingredients with a predominance of decorations is used.

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Benefits of Vasthi treatment :

• It alleviates constipation, distention, chronic fever, the common cold, sexual disorders, kidney stones, heart pain, vomiting, backache, neck pain, and hyper acidity.
• Vata disorders as sciatica, arthritis, rheumatism, and gout can also be treated by Vasthi treatment. There are about 80 vata related disorders in Ayurveda. About 80 percent of them can be treated with medicated enemas.

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