Dhauti - Purification of Body
Dhauti : Dhauti can be practised in various ways.
Vaman Dhauti
Take two litres of warm water. Add three or four teaspoons of salt. Drink six to eight cups of this water. When you feel retching, bend yourself forward and usher the first three fingers deeply into the mouth and give pressure to the hind part of the tongue. Water will be evacuated through vomit.
Continue to usher the fingers into the mouth and vomit as long as all the water in the bowels is evacuated
Note :
(1 ) Vaman dhauti should be practised on an empty stomach.
(2 ) In this technique, water should be drunk swiftly.
(3 ) The fingernails should be well manicured.
(4 ) Food should not be taken for half an hour after vaman dhauti.
(5 ) Persons suffering from peptic or gastric ulcers, high blood pressure, heart disease and hernia are advised not to practise vaman dhauti.
Frequency : Usually once a week.
Benefits :
(1 ) The digestive organs become active.
(2) Toxic elements, acids and gases are eliminated from the bowels.
(3 ) Vaman dhauti gives relief in the diseases such as indigestion, chronic cold and asthma.
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