Cristalmind Shirodhara is applying high technology to make Shirodhara available for everyone. The following independent researches show great results with automated equipments.

1) Clinical Assessment of the Impact of Jala-Shirodhara Treatment in the Management of Headache, Anxiety and Depression

Kumar Jitendra 1, Singh Girish 2, Martin Bertrand 3,  Singh Ram Harsh 4.

1 Resident, Department of Vikriti Vigyan, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India 
2 Statistician, Biostatistics Division, Deptt. of Community Medicine, IMS, BHU, Varanasi, India
3  Consultant Psychiatrist Switzerland.
4 Distinguished Professor, Department of Kayachikitsa, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.    E-mail  rh_singh2001@yahoo.com

Abstract
Shirodhara is a popular traditional Panchakarma treatment for balancing the Doshas and for improving the function of brain, there by relieving the headache and stress. Shirodhara induces a peaceful state of awareness that results in a dynamic psycho-somatic balance. The present study was conducted on 40 cases of primary headache for 15 days duration with an objective of clinical evaluation of the efficacy of Jaladhara and Jaladhara with a Ayurvedic plant based product in the management of Headache. These patients were divided into two groups of 20 patients each. It was observed that the patients of group B treated with Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) extract (500 mg once a day) and Shirodhara with water showed significant improvement, whereas the group A treated with only Shirodhara with water also showed similar improvement.

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Clinical Assessment of the Impact of Jala-Shirodhara Treatment in the Management of Headache, Anxiety and Depression

IEEE Eng Med Biol Mag. 2005 Mar-Apr;24(2):69-78.

Using a healing robot for the scientific study of shirodhara. Altered states of consciousness and decreased anxiety through Indian dripping oil treatments.

Uebaba K, Xu FH, Tagawa M, Asakura R, Itou T, Tatsuse T, Taguchi Y, Ogawa H, Shimabayashi M, Hisajima T.

International Research Center for Traditional Medicine of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. uebaba(at)toyama-pref-ihc.or.jp

Shirodhara, a traditional treatment used in Ayurveda, involves pouring warm, sometimes medicated oil, on the third eye or in patterns on the forehead. When EEG measurements were taken of people undergoing shirodhara, the brain wave patterns they exhibited were similar to those seen in deep states of meditation. People?s heart rates slowed and theta waves (active in meditation) increased.

(abstract)using a Healing Robot for the Scientific Study of Shirodhara
(full text)using a Healing Robot for the Scientific Study of Shirodhara

Journal of International Society of Life Information Science, Vol.22, No.1(20040301) pp. 169-178 ISSN:13419226
Psychological Mechanism of Traditional Healing Technique Performed by the Healing Robot : through the life information field (Special Lecture 2) (Without Peer Review) (The Seventeenth Symposium on Life Information Science)

UEBABA Kazuo 1 XU Feng-Hao 2 TATSUSE Takashi 3 TAGUCHI Yukiko 4 OGAWA Hiroko 5 HISAJIMA Tatsuya 6
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Use of technology will bring about quality control in Ayurveda.
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Ayurvedic Medicine, Dr med. Bertrand Martin, ?Fondation Ling, Lausanne-Switzerland, Feb. 1992.

Pancha Karma, A Case Study, Dr med. Bertrand Martin, 1997. A Pancha Karma therapy at BHU (Banaras Hindu University) received by the author is described. >>> View Report

AYURVEDIC MEDICINE, ITS APPROACH AND ITS PRINCIPLES - Ayurvedic medicine - Prof. R. H. Singh, 1995 >>>View Report

Clinical Study of Stress Release using Water Shirodhara Therapy - Dr. B. Martin, 1995 >>>View Report