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  V A M A N A   D H A U T I   O R   T H E
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P A R T   2

BEST TIME FOR VAMANA DHAUTI
The Gesture of the elephant is best performed on an empty stomach and therefore the best time would be in the morning.

There are some cases in which Vamana Dhauti is beneficial even if your stomach is full. Sometimes, we eat and drink more that our organism requires or needs to. If this is the case, let us consider our alternatives:

To sleep and have a night filled with nightmares because the food cannot be properly digested, waking up in the morning more tired than we slept, incapable of performing an activity requiring a serious effort. It is good to know that food in excess leads to fermentation and unbalances us in more respects than only our digestive system.
Or to get rid of all the unneeded food, so that at least we get a good night sleep.

Nonetheless, what happens if despite the great quantity of water, despite our efforts to throw up, this thing does not happen? Well, the fact is that the water we ingested will come out on the route common to all liquids. Through perseverance, we will be able to perform this technique whenever we need to.

HOW OFTEN SHOULD I PERFORM VAMANA DHAUTI?
If there is need for it, Vamana Dhauti can be practiced daily, without any restraint. The cases in which Vamana Dhauti is more than beneficial are certain disorders of the stomach, such as gastritis, or the cases in which a person wishes to become really pure, to get rid of all the toxins accumulated in the organism.

The beginners may embark on an adventurous enterprise: 49 days of daily Vamana Dhauti, then 49 days of Vamana Dhauti every other day, then 49 days of Vamana Dhauti once in three days, and so on until you get to do Vamana Dhauti once a week.

Vamana Dhauti is not recommended for persons suffering from severe disorders of the stomach, of the digestive tube (ulcer, cancer), as well as for persons suffering of hypertension and cardiac pain.

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS
Any person eating meat two or three times a day will have within his or her organism a permanent source of putrefaction.

In order to become fully convinced by the utility of this technique you should examine your tongue. If your tongue is "heavy" with substances covering its surface, the chances that your stomach is not "clean" are quite high.

The mucus from the walls of the stomach does not allow the glands secreting gastric juice to work properly. Under these circumstances, the digestion is no longer a process following its own course. The assimilation of the food will be better if the walls of the stomach are clean.

Moreover, our tendency to over-eat to the speed of light requires that our stomach be in its best shape to face the challenge. At this stage, the question that comes naturally on one's lips is: "Will I not get fat if my stomach is healthy?" In fact, the cellulite and fat deposits are the result of a malfunction of the stomach, not of its good assimilation.