ABSTRACT

The marma is one of the important scientific concept in Ayurveda. According to Ayurveda 107 Marmas are present in the body. Acharya Charaka also opines the same number but when it came to the point of narration he elongated only 3 of them are Trimarma – Hridaya, Basti and Shira. The reason for their importance is that they are the main seats of Prana. Basti is snayu marma and sadyapranahara marma of pelvic cavity. By any infection to basti leads to involvement of these surrounding structures quickly because by destruction of substratum the dependent is also destroyed. By basti affliction, there is appearance of severe disorders. Hence basti should be protected particularly from external injury. Hence the main objective of this study is to bring forward to the concept trimarma and importance of basti marma in Ayurveda. Keywords- Marma, prana, shira, urine, kidney
Publication date: 01/05/2022

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.5.6113