In disease conditions which are chronic, obstinate and severe, anuvasana and niruha basti prepared with strong decoction and later added with strong ingredients should be used. While in opposite disease conditions (which are mild and of recent origin) ingredients having mild effects should be used.
[Vata dosha pacifying basti formulations] Listen to the comprehensive description of fruitful formulations of basti in different diseases, each one of which is described in half verse as follows: These formulations contain the drugs which are harmonious to each other in potency and proportion and added with suitable drugs as alodana/avapa (drugs which are added later on to the main formulation).
3. Yava (Hordeum vugare), kulattha (Dolichos biflones Linn.), kola (Ziziphus mauritiana Linn.), sthira (Desmodium gangeticum) These above three groups of drugs are to be used along with four types of unctuous substances (ghee, oil, muscle fat, bone marrow) and meat soup as basti in diseases caused by vata.