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<li style="font-weight:bold">Teekshna asthapana basti (strong potency): <span style="font-weight:normal">The basti with strong potency is indicated in diseases of prolonged duration, challenging to cure, and having maximum strength. It can be administered in persons having superior mental strength (pravara sattva). The basti will get sharpness (teekshnatvam), when it gets added with cow’s urine (gomutra), pilu (Salvadora persica Linn), Chitraka (Plumbago zeylanica), salt (lavana) and alkali (kshara).</span></li></ol>

<li style="font-weight:bold">Teekshna asthapana basti (strong potency): <span style="font-weight:normal">The basti with strong potency is indicated in diseases of prolonged duration, challenging to cure, and having maximum strength. It can be administered in persons having superior mental strength (pravara sattva). The basti will get sharpness (teekshnatvam), when it gets added with cow’s urine (gomutra), pilu (Salvadora persica Linn), Chitraka (Plumbago zeylanica), salt (lavana) and alkali (kshara).</span></li></ol>

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<ol><li style="font-weight:bold">Utkleshana basti: <span style="color:red;">This type of basti is intended to aggravate dosha in dormant state (leena avastha). After initial aggravation, the basti expelles the dosha to create equilibrium. </span><span style="font-weight:normal">Eranda beeja (seed of Ricinus communis), madhuka (Madhuka longifolia), pippali (Piper longum), saindhava (rock salt) and hapusha phala (Juniperus communis Linn.) as kalka are the ingredients of utkleshana basti. [Su.Sa. Chikitsa Sthana 35/93]<ref name="ref3" /></span></li>

<ol><li style="font-weight:bold">Utkleshana basti: <span style="color:red; font-weight:normal">This type of basti is intended to aggravate dosha in dormant state (leena avastha). After initial aggravation, the basti expelles the dosha to create equilibrium. </span><span style="font-weight:normal">Eranda beeja (seed of Ricinus communis), madhuka (Madhuka longifolia), pippali (Piper longum), saindhava (rock salt) and hapusha phala (Juniperus communis Linn.) as kalka are the ingredients of utkleshana basti. [Su.Sa. Chikitsa Sthana 35/93]<ref name="ref3" /></span></li>

<li style="font-weight:bold">Doshahara basti : <span style="font-weight:normal">This pacifies dosha by removing them.The ingredients of doshahara basti are satahva (Anethum sowa), madhuka (Madhuca longifolia), kutaja beeja (Holarrhena antidysenterica), madanaphala (Randia dumetorum) along with kanjika (fermented rice gruel) and gomutra (cow’s urine). [Su.Sa. Chikitsa Sthana 35/94]<ref name="ref3" />.</span></li>

<li style="font-weight:bold">Doshahara basti : <span style="font-weight:normal">This pacifies dosha by removing them.The ingredients of doshahara basti are satahva (Anethum sowa), madhuka (Madhuca longifolia), kutaja beeja (Holarrhena antidysenterica), madanaphala (Randia dumetorum) along with kanjika (fermented rice gruel) and gomutra (cow’s urine). [Su.Sa. Chikitsa Sthana 35/94]<ref name="ref3" />.</span></li>

<li style="font-weight:bold">Dosha shamana basti: <span style="font-weight:normal"></span>This pacifies dosha with mild potency.Priyangu (Callicarpa macrophylla), Madhuka (Madhuca longifolia), Musta (Cyperus rotundus), Rasanjana (semisolid extract obtained from decotion of Berberis aristata with milk) along with cow’s milk (goksheera) are the ingredients. [Su.Sa. Chikitsa Sthana 35/95]<ref name="ref3" /></li></ol>

<li style="font-weight:bold">Dosha shamana basti: <span style="font-weight:normal">This pacifies dosha with mild potency.Priyangu (Callicarpa macrophylla), Madhuka (Madhuca longifolia), Musta (Cyperus rotundus), Rasanjana (semisolid extract obtained from decotion of Berberis aristata with milk) along with cow’s milk (goksheera) are the ingredients. [Su.Sa. Chikitsa Sthana 35/95]<ref name="ref3" /></span></li></ol>

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