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Dhauti - An Excellent Stomach Cleanser

Dhauti is a shuddhikriya which means the act of cleaning. It specifically cleans the stomach. Since is one of the main organ in the human body and the health of the human being is dependent on the condition of the stomach. Hence it becomes very important for you to clean your stomach. Dhauti is the useful activity for this cleansing.

Dhauti is of three types:

Vamana-dhauti: This is the easiest of all the three types. In this process you have to drink about six glasses of water and then vomit it out by putting the index and the middle fingers in the mouth till uvula. You throw up the water, which brings along with it the impurities in the stomach.

Danda-dhauti: Repeat the above process but instead of inserting the fingers, you insert a rubber tube of about three feet in length and the width slightly more than the lead pencil. It is gulped down slowly so that one end of the tube reaches the stomach while the other end is held outside the mouth. Bend the trunk forward and this siphoning action will bring out the water from the stomach. When all the water is thrown out, bring out the rubber tube. Before using the tube, clean and disinfect it by inserting it in the boiling water for a few minutes. It is difficult for a lot of people to insert the tube without vomiting because the throat is sensitive to the touch stimuli. For them it is advisable to go for the vamana-dhauti since it is the simpler of the two. The advantage of danda-dhauti is that there is no spasm of the stomach wall and the water is thrown out very smoothly.

Vastra-dhauti: This is the most difficult but useful dhauti. Here a strip of fine muslin cloth of about three inches in width and twenty feet in length is taken. It is washed and disinfected by dipping it in boiling water for some time and rolled up. Hold one end of it between the two fingers and insert it into the mouth. Gulp it down slowly. Stop gulping when only six inches of the cloth remain outside the mouth. Take care to ensure that you do not let the other end go into the mouth. Churn the abdomen by Nauli with the cloth inside the stomach. Now remove the strip slowly by pulling out the other end of the cloth. This dhauti cleanses the stomach by rubbing itself against the inner lining of the stomach wall and removing all the impurities from the stomach.

Dhauti has a great therapeutic value. You can use it as a part of yogic treatment of disorders like acidity and asthma.

Kevin Pederson is the webmaster of Yogawiz,that provides loads of information on basics of yoga, the need to do yoga and usage of accessories like rugs, yoga chairs and cushions. Dhauti is a therapeutic process of cleansing the stomach.

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New Orleans Levee System History

hurricane Katrina was serious indeed. Since the City of New orleans is 12 feet underwater already it has always been at risk. The storm surge from hurricane Katrina went right over the barrier islands and the waves severely impacted the lake. It was also due to the massive rains that filled up the canal over flows and sent increased water up the canals. Meanwhile the mississippi is on the high side and is now draining in its normal flow plus that of the hurricane. Add this to the wind of the Category 4 or 5 Land fall of Katrina and it was almost the worst case scenario and the levees were breached in several places and perhaps large enough breaches to actually fill up New orleans like a bowl of soup. Some computer models have predicted up to 30 feet of water in some places. Not good, obviously and unfortunately those models turned out to be very close to what has now happened..

Much study has been done on this and the dangers are well known and researched here are the links below.

http://data.lca.gov/Ivan6/app/app_d_ch2.pdf

http://data.lca.gov/Ivan6/app/app_d_ch9.pdf

http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/pd/Funding_Programs/Current/CGLKPONTCHFY06.pdf

http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/pao/visitor/index.htm

http://www.weather.com/newscenter/specialreports/hurricanes/vulnerablecities/neworleans.html

http://www.house.gov/jefferson/pdf/jrpt_october_2003.pdf

http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/cepa/pubs/mar00/story3.htm

Even after hurricane Katrina passed we know it will be three weeks as all the water from the remnants of Katrina runoff down the rivers including the mighty mississippi which drains as it passes thru the City of New orleans, if and when the banks flow over into the city, the water will continue to flow and getting that much water out of the City Soup Bowl of New orleans could take months. It appears that has now happened the city soup bowl is nearly full. But alas from the lake side not the mississippi side. This has caused complete devastation of the city to the point of some starting to float the question; why bother rebuilding it due to costs? We have been promised we will rebuild and so we shall. That is going to take years. Think on this.

"Lance Winslow" - online Think Tank forum board. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; www.WorldThinkTank.net/. Lance is a guest writer for Our Spokane Magazine in Spokane, washington

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