Pumsavana Karma

Procedures in Pumsavana Karma

You have to follow multiple procedures including different medicines and rituals (as explained in Ayurvedic texts) to perform Pumsavana karma to have a prospering child.

Let me explain the Pumsavana procedures –

#1. Potent Milk Ritual

You should prepare a masculine statue using gold, silver or iron.

Heat the statue and make it red hot under fire on the day of Pushya Star (Nakshatra).

This red hot statue is dipped in milk and four doses of this milk should be consumed.

#2. Consume Jivaniya (Life Promoting) Herbs

You need potent herbs like

• Jivaka (Malaxis acuminata)
• Rishabhaka (Malaxis muscifera)
• Sahachara (Nilgirianthus ciliatus)

As per Charak Samhita, these herbs come under Jivaniya or life-promoting group of herbs

Make a paste of these herbs using water and consume it on the day of the Pushya star.

#3. Nasya Vidhi (Nasal Installation)

• You take the Root of Bruhati (Solanum indicum) and grind it into a paste along with milk.
  
  Now you can filter the mixture using muslin or malmal cloth to collect the drops.
  
  Either you can self-administer the medicinal drops to either of the nostrils or ask your husband.
• Lakshmana (Ipomoea sepiara) is favorable for the strengthening the fetus in the womb.
  Make paste of root and either put in nostrils or consume orally.
• Use of eight flower buds of Vata (Ficus benghalensis) as paste in milk either for nasya or oral consumption also gives the same result as above.

#4. Nourishing Diet & Care

• Add plenty of butter, ghee, and milk in your diet
• The pregnant lady should be treated well, both physically and mentally by her husband and the family.

If you religiously follow these procedures and practices, these procedures will strengthen the embryo, and ensure a healthy baby growing in your womb.