Dhauti

Dhauti

“washing”, “cleansing”

Dhauti or dhauti-karma is one of the six cleansing actions in hatha-yoga (shatkarma).

It is designed to purify various cavities in the body that are associated with akasha and certain nadis. It cures asthma, leprosy and other diseases caused by mucus.

There are a lot of variations of dhauti in “Gheranda Samhita”, all of them purify the nadis, although by rough methods, which are sometimes also necessary. The main ones are vaman-dhauti, gajakarana, vastra-dhauti, danda-dhauti.