Approach to standardization of oil temperature in Kati Basti –A pilot study
Journal Title: Journal of Ayurvedic and Herbal Medicine - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
Kati Basti is a procedure done in Panchkarma Ayurveda Clinics, hospitals in which comfortably warm medicated oil is kept over the lumbosacral area for a certain period of time with the help of a specially formed frame ring prepared from black gram dough. Kati Basti is highly effective in the management of pain but difficulty in positioning and chances of burn due to warm oil used is a big drawback in performing the procedure. The temperature in Kati Basti pool is tried to be kept uniform throughout the procedure by replacing the oil by warm oil. In case of Kati Basti the temperature of oil used should be Sukhoshna (comfortable to the patient) which a subjective perception of heat. There is a need to standardize the optimum temperature of the oil pooled in Kati Basti so that it would be very easy for the therapist to avoid the burn to himself and to the patient. This study was performed with the aim to standardize the comfortable tolerable temperature of Kati Basti. Data of 50 patients undergoing minimum of 7 days of Kati Basti between the ages 20 to 75 years were selected irrespective of sex, disease, duration and referring consultants. Average maximum variation during the procedure was found to be of 3 degree Celsius. The study found the average temperature of 43 degree may be favorable for Kati Basti and gives valuable information about possible temperature variations.
Authors and Affiliations
Nirmal Bhusal, Gopesh Mangal, Amrita Bhattarai, Ujjwala S Hivale
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