Shankhaprakshalana (Dhauti): The missing link

Monika Gautam¹, Saurabh Kumar¹, Akshay Anand^{2

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Affiliations

¹ CCRYN-Collaborative Centre for Mind Body Intervention Through Yoga, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160 012, India.
² CCRYN-Collaborative Centre for Mind Body Intervention Through Yoga, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160 012, India. akshay1anand@rediffmail.com.
³ Neuroscience Research Lab, Department of Neurology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160 012, India. akshay1anand@rediffmail.com.
⁴ Centre for Cognitive Science and Phenomenology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160 014, India. akshay1anand@rediffmail.com.

Editorial

Monika Gautam et al. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2024 Aug.

. 2024 Aug;43(4):702-704.

doi: 10.1007/s12664-024-01650-x.

Monika Gautam¹, Saurabh Kumar¹, Akshay Anand^{2

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4}

¹ CCRYN-Collaborative Centre for Mind Body Intervention Through Yoga, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160 012, India.
² CCRYN-Collaborative Centre for Mind Body Intervention Through Yoga, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160 012, India. akshay1anand@rediffmail.com.
³ Neuroscience Research Lab, Department of Neurology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160 012, India. akshay1anand@rediffmail.com.
⁴ Centre for Cognitive Science and Phenomenology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160 014, India. akshay1anand@rediffmail.com.

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Effectiveness and safety of Shankhaprakshalana-a yogic technique-in bowel preparation for colonoscopy: A retrospective study.
Panigrahi MK, Prakash JH, Chouhan MI, Anirvan P, Chaudhary M, Gupta S, Nayak HK, R U AG, Manik R, Rath MM. Panigrahi MK, et al. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2024 Aug;43(4):785-790. doi: 10.1007/s12664-023-01488-9. Epub 2023 Dec 19. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2024. PMID: 38112914

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