Best Ayurvedic Panchkarma Shirobasti!

Best Ayurvedic Panchkarma  Shirobasti

SHIROBASTI 
-  It is the best among the Murdha Taila (Head oil applications).
- It is done in facial paralysis, psychiatric problems, diseases of eyes, chronic headache and in various neurological deficits.
 - It is done after other  purificatory therapies.
The hair of the patient must be cut short or even shaved .
- It is done in the Morning and evening or in the night in our vishwavallabh ayurvedic panchkarma center.

TRADITIONAL METHOD OF SHIROBASTI-
Patient should be made to sit in a chair with hand and back rest. 
- Lubrication and sudation are done prior to this.
 - A leather cap of 10 - 12 inches height is fixed on the head.
- Piece of cloth with 3-4 inche breadth and 150 - 200 cms length is smeared with black gram paste and tied around the bottom of the cap.    
This is done to prevent oil leakage.                                                
 - Warm oilis poured in the cap upto 1.1/2 inches height. 
- During,this time the patient should not shake his head, laugh or sneeze.
- The patient should retain the oil till exudation appears in ears, mouth and nose or till the painful symptoms subside.
 - For vata it is done for 30-40 minutes.
 - For  pitta 20-30 minutes.    
 - For kapha 15-20 minutes and 10-15 minutes for healthy people.  
- Then the oil is removed from the cap and the cap is also removed. 
- Shoulders, neck and back are massaged well and a warm water bath is given.   
-Curnam is applied on the scalp after bath. 

Indications of Shirobasti :-

• Headache mild to severe
• Migraine headache
• Anxiety
• Hypertension or high blood pressure
• Travel stress
• Hemicranias or Severe recurring vascular headache
• Insomnia (Lack of sleep)
• Facial Paralysis
• Trigeminal neuralgia
• Nostrils dryness
• Burning sensation of scalp
• Optic Atrophy
• Tinnitus or experience sounds like whistling, ringing or roaring.
• Deafness 
• Schizophrenia