Role of Basti in Neurological Diseases: A Review Article

Ayurveda views balance of Dosha, Dhatu, Agni as indicative of their overall health, and Pancakarma treatment aims to restore harmony and normality by letting out the vitiated Dosha from the body. One of the five Panchakarma procedures, Basti Karma is a unique and broad spectrum therapeutic and preventive treatment. As development of civilization occurs rapidly, man has become more vulnerable for many neurological conditions due to sedentary lifestyle, unwanted stress, irregular sleep patterns, competition and pseudo society status. So that he adopted new habits like alcohol, smoking, tobacco and drug abuse. All these acts as precipitating factors to the many life style diseases. Neurological disorders are one of them. In Ayurveda, neurological disorders can be correlated with Vatavyadhi like Pakshagata, Apabahuka, Grudrasi etc. Acharya Charaka mentioned Basti Karma as Ardha Chikitsa. This review article projects the conceptual and clinical significance of Basti Chikitsa in the prevention and management of neurological disorders, correlating Ayurvedic principles with modern neurophysiology.