Description:

Vasti Karma is a specific therapeutic procedure, in which medicines are administered into body through lower pathways, most often through anus. It cleanses the accumulated toxins from all over the body.

Some times medicines are also administered by other routes, like Urethra or vagina, then this procedure is termed as Uttara vasti.

Vasti is primarily administered to treat vata dosha but can be tridoshahara in nature and can produce both samsodhana or shamana effects. It is also highly beneficial in rejuvenating treatment, especially in convalescence.

Vasti karma is considered as the most important procedure in five fold Panchakarma therapy. The word Vasti, stands for a special instrument used for enemata therapy.

It is effective in majority of vata conditions like Parkinson's disease, MND/ALS, multiple sclerosis, paralysis, fibromyalgia, back pain, neck pain, slip disc, sciatica, atrophy, arthritis, rheumatic diseases, neurological diseases, gout, diseases of GIT, splenomegaly, intestinal worms, fistula in ano, fever, psychiatric problems, gynaec problems, infertility etc.

Medicated enemas are used for various specific reasons. In general, this treatment is used to flush the loosened doshas out through the intestinal tract. There are over 100 specific enemas listed in Ayurveda.