Astanga Hrudaya
जले स्थितामहोरात्रमिषीकां द्वादशाङ्गुलाम्। पिष्टैर्धूमौषधैरेवं पञ्चकृत्वः प्रलेपयेत्॥१९॥
A reed (tall, grass like plant), twelve Angula in length, soaked in water for a day and night, should be wrapped in five layers-one over the other with a ribbon of cloth;
english translation
jale sthitAmahorAtramiSIkAM dvAdazAGgulAm। piSTairdhUmauSadhairevaM paJcakRtvaH pralepayet॥19॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript