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→Do’s and don’ts in panchakarma procedures (verse 54-55)
All the procedures involved in cleansing therapies act on the common principles, as follows:
All the procedures involved in cleansing therapies act on the common principles, as follows:
*Stimulation of certain receptors
*Establishing body homeostasis by exchange between nutritive and morbid matters across the various membranes including gastric, intestinal or cell membrane.
*Rearrangement of gastrointestinal bacterial flora
Thus, during any cleansing procedure body should be protected from any type of exertion as it may adversely affect the mechanism involved in trans-membrane movement of matter or inhibit the receptor stimulation activity. Intake of untimely and unwholesome food leads to indigestion that may alter the digestion of sneha during oleation or even can suppress digestive power so that therapy like basti may not affect with proper potency and problems like fever or cold due to ama (i.e. indigested food) may arise hampering the treatments. Sleep during day time in itself causes pitta-kapha vitiation; anger, sun exposure etc. causes pitta vitiation. As in shodhana, utklesha i.e. exciting the dosha is always a first step in cleansing, hence excess dosha vitiation along with already excited dosha may cause diseases symptoms aggravation.
Thus, during any cleansing procedure body should be protected from any type of exertion as it may adversely affect the mechanism involved in trans-membrane movement of matter or inhibit the receptor stimulation activity. Intake of untimely and unwholesome food leads to indigestion that may alter the digestion of ''sneha'' during oleation or even can suppress digestive power so that therapy like ''basti'' may not affect with proper potency and problems like fever or cold due to ''ama'' (i.e. indigested food) may arise hampering the treatments. Sleep during day time in itself causes ''pitta-kapha'' vitiation; anger, sun exposure etc. causes ''pitta'' vitiation. As in ''shodhana, utklesha'' i.e. exciting the ''dosha'' is always a first step in cleansing, hence excess ''dosha'' vitiation along with already excited ''dosha'' may cause diseases symptoms aggravation.
==== Reason for failure of ''basti'' to cure curable diseases and importance of dose in cleansing therapies (verse 57-60) ====
==== Reason for failure of ''basti'' to cure curable diseases and importance of dose in cleansing therapies (verse 57-60) ====