Astanga Hrudaya

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अविरेच्यस्य शमना वस्तिक्षीरघृतादयः । बलिनं स्वादुसिद्धेन पैत्ते संस्नेह्य सर्पिषा ॥ ५९ ॥

For a patient who is unfit for purgation therapy (avirecya), palliative treatments like enemas, milk, and ghee (śamana vasti-kṣīra-ghṛta) should be administered. In cases of abdominal enlargement caused by Pitta (pittodara), if the patient is strong, they should first be given oleation therapy using ghee processed with herbs of sweet taste (svādu).

english translation

avirecyasya zamanA vastikSIraghRtAdayaH । balinaM svAdusiddhena paitte saMsnehya sarpiSA ॥ 59 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript