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==== Ailments caused by administration of ''basti'' on empty stomach: [verse 38-40] ====
 
==== Ailments caused by administration of ''basti'' on empty stomach: [verse 38-40] ====
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When ''anuvasana'' is given on empty stomach or on emptied bowel or if the enema fluid is injected with great force then it goes up speedily and comes out from the throat or through the orifices in the upper part of the body which seems practically difficult phenomena but some evidences suggest that possibility cannot be ruled out. Materials introduced by enema, may in some instances pass through the valve into the ileum. Such incompetence may permit the enema fluid to reach the duodenum. Further, the possibility of material from even lower bowel reaching the mouth is strongly suggested by the fact that lycopodium spores, introduced into the colon by enema, have been recovered some hours later from washings of the stomach, alimentary canal movements<ref>Best C H, Taylor N B. ‘The Physiological Basis of Medical Practice-‘Alimentary Canal Movemnets’.Seventh edition. Baltimore (U.S.A.): The Williams & Wilkins Company; 1961. pp. 715–691</ref>. Thus when alimentary tract is empty and clear the ''sneha'' due to its easy penetration capacity may reach up to mouth. The treatment suggested i.e. pressure application over throat results in sudden sympathetic activation leading to adrenaline production. As a result of this, the smooth muscles of the digestive tract are inhibited, so peristalsis stops, sphincter of the bladder also contracts and the bladder wall relaxes. This may lead to involuntary defecation.
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When ''anuvasana'' is given on empty stomach or on emptied bowel or if the enema fluid is injected with great force then it goes up speedily and comes out from the throat or through the orifices in the upper part of the body which seems practically difficult phenomena but some evidences suggest that possibility cannot be ruled out. Materials introduced by enema, may in some instances pass through the valve into the ileum. Such incompetence may permit the enema fluid to reach the duodenum. Further, the possibility of material from even lower bowel reaching the mouth is strongly suggested by the fact that lycopodium spores, introduced into the colon by enema, have been recovered some hours later from washings of the stomach, alimentary canal movements<ref>Best C H, Taylor N B. ‘The Physiological Basis of Medical Practice-‘Alimentary Canal Movemnets’.Seventh edition. Baltimore (U.S.A.): The Williams & Wilkins Company; 1961. pp. 715–691</ref>. Thus when alimentary tract is empty and clear the ''sneha'' due to its easy penetration capacity may reach up to mouth. The treatment suggested i.e. pressure application over throat results in sudden sympathetic activation leading to adrenaline production. As a result of this, the smooth muscles of the digestive tract are inhibited, so peristalsis stops, sphincter of the bladder also contracts and the bladder wall relaxes. This may lead to involuntary bowel movement<ref>Jurriaan Plesman, Anxiety and the Autonomic Nervous System, available from http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/2011/anxiety-and-the-autonomic-nervous-system/ cited on 23-04-2014</ref>.
    
==== Importance of warm water in ''snehabasti'' course: [verse 43-45] ====
 
==== Importance of warm water in ''snehabasti'' course: [verse 43-45] ====

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