Shatkarma, also known as Shatkriya are a set of six yogic cleansing techniques described in the Hatha Yoga texts. Several health benefits of ...HomeLiteratureLiteraryTheoryNarrativeArticlePDFAvailableLiteratureReviewHealthandtherapeuticbenefitsofShatkarma:AnarrativereviewofScientificstudiesFebruary2021JournalofAyurvedaandintegrativemedicine12(1)DOI:10.1016/j.jaim.2020.11.008Authors:SwathiPaetaehalliShivappaSVYASAYogaUniversityAparSaojiSVYASAYogaUniversityRaghavendraBRSVYASAYogaUniversityDownloadfull-textPDFReadfull-textDownloadfull-textPDFReadfull-textDownloadcitationCopylinkLinkcopiedReadfull-textDownloadcitationCopylinkLinkcopiedReferences(45)Figures(3)AbstractandFiguresShatkarma,alsoknownasShatkriyaareasetofsixyogiccleansingtechniquesdescribedintheHathaYogatexts.SeveralhealthbenefitsoftheseproceduresareindicatedinthetraditionaltextsofYoga.However,thereisnocomprehensiveliteratureaboutthescientificevidenceonShatkriya.Hence,wesearchedinPubMed,PubMedCentralandGoogleScholardatabasestoreviewrelevantarticlesinEnglish.Thesearchyieldedatotal723references,publishedfrom1976toApril2020.Basedontheinclusionandexclusioncriteria,37articleswereincludedinthisreview.Wefoundscientificstudiesonfouroutofsixcleansingtechniques.ThelimitedevidenceonShatkriyasuggestspositiveeffectsonvariousphysiologicalandclinicaldomains.Thepracticeofdhautiwasfoundtoenhancerespiratoryfunctionsandwasusefulindigestivedisorders.Nasalcleansing,netiwasparticularlyfoundbeneficialinmanagingtherhinosinusitisinagegroupsrangingfromchildrentoadults.Althoughtratakapracticewasfoundtoenhancecognitionandbringastateofrelaxation,buttherewasnoevidencesupportingitsroleineyedisorders.Kapalabhatipracticeappearstohaveabeneficialroleintheactivationofsympatheticnervoussystem,enhancecognition,andimproveoverallmetabolism.Furtherlarge-scaleclinicaltrialswithrobustdesignsarewarrantedtoevaluatetheeffectsofShatkriyainhealthanddisease.EvidencesummaryofNeti.… EvidencesummaryofTrataka.… EvidencesummaryofKapalabhati.… Figures-uploadedbyAp