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==== Importance of warm water in ''snehabasti'' course: [verse 43-45] ====
 
==== Importance of warm water in ''snehabasti'' course: [verse 43-45] ====
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Drinking warm water accelerates the gastric emptying<ref>http://www.emptyingthebowel.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=98:how-to-manipulate-gut-motility&catid=44:manipulating-the-process-of-defecation&Itemid=119 </ref>,  clears the bowel and hence prevents indigestion or constipation during ''basti'' course. It also has inhibitory effect on mucus production thus preventing from ''kapha'' vitiation. When hot water is consumed, the body temperature goes up and sweating starts, which can flush the toxic materials out of internal system and cleanse it properly.
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Drinking warm water accelerates the gastric emptying<ref>http://www.emptyingthebowel.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=98:how-to-manipulate-gut-motility&catid=44:manipulating-the-process-of-defecation&Itemid=119 </ref>,  clears the bowel and hence prevents indigestion or constipation during ''basti'' course. It also has inhibitory effect on mucus production<ref>http://www.top10homeremedies.com/home-remedies/home-remedies-phlegm.html</ref> thus preventing from ''kapha'' vitiation. When hot water is consumed, the body temperature goes up and sweating starts, which can flush the toxic materials out of internal system and cleanse it properly.
    
==== Frequency of ''anuvasana basti'': [verse 46-47] ====
 
==== Frequency of ''anuvasana basti'': [verse 46-47] ====

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