Astanga Hrudaya

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योज्यं कोष्ठगते दोषे विशेषेण विशोधनम् । अविशोध्यस्य दोषेऽल्पे शमनं चन्दनोत्पलम् ॥ ४ ॥

This cleansing line of treatment (virecana) should be specifically employed when the morbid doshas are densely accumulated and lodged inside the koṣṭha (alimentary tract/viscera). For a patient who is unfit for purificatory therapies (biocleansing/śodhana) and when the morbid doshas are mild, palliative therapy (śamana) is ideal. For this purpose, a decoction of candana (Santalum album) and utpala (Nymphaea alba),

english translation

yojyaM koSThagate doSe vizeSeNa vizodhanam । avizodhyasya doSe'lpe zamanaM candanotpalam ॥ 4 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript