Astanga Hrudaya
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निरूहस्तु बलं वह्निं विज्वरत्वं मुदं रुचिम् । दोषे युक्तः करोत्याशु पक्वे पक्वाशयं गते ॥ ११६ ॥
Basti Prayoga: Enema therapy in fevers : Niruha (decoction enema) bestows strength, improves digestion strength, relieves fever, gives comfort and improves taste in food, if administered appropriately, when the Doshas are ripe and localised in the Pakvasaya (large intestines).
english translation
पित्तं वा कफपित्तं वा पक्वाशयगतं हरेत् । स्रंसनं त्रीनपि मलान्बस्ति: पक्वाशयाश्रयान् ॥ ११७ ॥
Sramsana (mild purgative therapy) removes Pitta or Kapha and Pitta localised in the Pakvasaya, whereas Basti (enema therapy) removes all the three Doshas localised in the Pakvashaya.
english translation
प्रक्षीणकफपित्तस्य त्रिकपृष्ठकटीग्रहे । दीप्ताग्नेर्बद्धशकृतः प्रयुञ्जीतानुवासनम् ॥ ११८ ॥
Basti Prayoga: Enema therapy in fevers : Anuvasana (oil enema) should be administered to a patient of fever who has severe depletion of Kapha and Pitta, has catching pain in the upper portion of the back and waist, who has increased digestive activity and constipation.
english translation
पटोलनिम्बच्चदनकटुकाचतुरङ्गुलैः । स्थिराबलागोक्षुरकमदनोशीरवालकैः ॥ ११९ ॥
Leaves of Patola (Trichosanthes dioica), bark of Nimba (Azadirachta indica), Picrorhiza kurroa, Cassia fistula, Desmodium gangeticum, Sida cordifolia, Tribulus terrestris, Randia dumetorum, Vetiveria zizanioides and Pavonia odorata
english translation
पयस्यर्धोदके क्वाथं क्षीरशेषं विमिश्रितम् । कल्कितैर्मुस्तमदनकृष्णामधुकवत्सकैः ॥ १२० ॥
are made into decoction and mixed with twice the quantity of milk, a paste of Cyperus rotundus, Randia dumetorum, Piper longum, Glycyrrhiza glabra and Holarrhena antidysenterica
english translation