Month: March 2010

Technique

Suck in the breath slowly through the mouth, shaping it like the crow beak. Then hold it inside the stomach, for the air thus sucked must go to the stomach through the food pipe. Retain the air up to your normal capacity of doing so and then blow it out through the same route i.e. the mouth.

 

Benefits

• Purifies the stomach by means of air.
• Cures many diseases and considerably improves digestion.

The Dhauti is of four kinds:

1. Antar Dhauti or Internal Dhauti
2. Danta Dhauti or Dental Dhauti
3. Hrid Dhauti or Heart Dhauti
4. Mula-shodhana Dhauti or Rectum Dhauti

 

1. Antar Dhauti or Internal Dhauti is further classified into into four divisions as:
   1. Vatasara Dhauti or Wind Passing
   2. Varisara Dhauti or Water Passing
   3. Vahnisara Dhauti or Heat Passing
   4. Bahishkrita Dhauti or Blowing Out
2. Danta Dhauti or Dental Dhauti has also four divisions as:
   1. Dantamula Dhauti or Teeth Cleaning
   2. Jihvamula Dhauti or Tongue Cleaning
   3. Karnarandhra Dhauti or Ear Duct Cleaning
   4. Kapalarandhra Dhauti or Head Passage Cleaning
3. Hrid Dhauti or Heart Dhauti is classified into three sub-divisions as:
   1. Danda Dhauti or Stalk Dhauti
   2. Vamana Dhauti or Vomiting
   3. Vastra Dhauti or Cloth Dhauti
4. Mula-shodhana Dhauti or Rectum Dhauti is meant for rectum cleaning.

 

If we sum up, the Dhauti would consist of the following twelve varieties for practice:

1. Vatasara Dhauti or Wind Passing
2. Varisara Dhauti or Water Passing
3. Vahnisara Dhauti or Heat Passing
4. Bahishkrita Dhauti or Blowing Out
5. Dantamula Dhauti or Teeth Cleaning
6. Jihvamula Dhauti or Tongue Cleaning
7. Karnarandhra Dhauti or Ear Duct Cleaning
8. Kapalarandhra Dhauti or Head Passage Cleaning
9. Danda Dhauti or Stalk Dhauti
10. Vamana Dhauti or Vomiting
11. Vastra Dhauti or Cloth Dhauti
12. Mula-shodhana Dhauti or Rectum Dhauti