Astanga Hrudaya

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तदेव दर्भमृदितं रक्तं वस्तौ निषेचयेत् । श्यामाकाश्मर्यमधुकदूर्वोशीरैः शृतं पयः ॥ ३७ ॥

The very same fresh blood, churned or pressed with darbha grass (Desmostachya bipinnata), should be administered as a retention enema (vasti). Alternatively, one can administer an enema using milk boiled with śyāmā (Ipomoea petaloides), kāśmarya (Gmelina arborea), madhuka (Glycyrrhiza glabra), dūrvā (Cynodon dactylon), and uśīra (Vetiveria zizanioides);

english translation

tadeva darbhamRditaM raktaM vastau niSecayet । zyAmAkAzmaryamadhukadUrvozIraiH zRtaM payaH ॥ 37 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript