[Sequence of niruha (decoction enema) and purgation] A person who has undergone purgation should avoid niruha type of medicated enema for seven days and person who has taken niruha type of medicated enema should avoid purgation therapy for seven days because it will have deleterious effects on body which is evacuated (of dosha and nourishing material) by earlier cleansing process.
[Beneficial effects of basti] Niruha type of medicated enema has following benefits: • Prevents ageing • Promotes happiness, longevity, strength, power of digestion, intellect, voice and complexion • It accomplishes all objects. • It is harmless for children, old persons and youth.
• Cures all diseases • Evacuates feces, kapha, pitta, vata and urine • Promotes sturdiness of the body • Enriches semen and promotes strength • It cures all the diseases by removing accumulated dosha from entire body.
[Benefits of unctuous enema] Unctuous enema promotes complexion and strength in persons of whom all the channels of the body are cleansed by niruha type of medicated enema.
There is no therapy better than the administration of oil (unctuous enema) which is specifically useful for the patients afflicted with diseases caused by vata. The oil by its unctuousness, heaviness and warm properties counteracts the dryness, lightness and coldness properties of vata respectively. Administration of oil instantaneously improves complexion and digestive strength.