Ayurveda has been carefully nurtured in Kerala for more than a thousand years as a way of life and not simply a method to cure ailments. Our verdant land is blessed in abundance with myriad herbal medicines and these have played a crucial role in ensuring the growth of Ayurveda on our shores. Urovasti is a herbal oil treatment in Ayurveda. Vasti, an important Panchakarma therapy is a treatment involving the introduction of herbal oils and decoctions into the colon through the rectum. Urovasti is recommended to treat pains affecting the sternum in the Uras (chest) area.