Then the person who has undergone snehana (oleation) and svedana (sudation) therapies earlier, should drink hot water added with paste of harītakīṃ – Terminalia chebula, āmalakaṃ – Emblica officinalis, saindhavaṃ – rock salt, nāgaraṃ – Zingiber officinale, vacām – Acorus calamus, haridrāṃ – Curcuma longa, pippalīṃ – Piper longum, vellaṃ – Embelia ribes and jaggery;
स्निग्धस्विन्नो नरः पूर्वं तेन साधु विरिच्यते । ततः शुद्धशरीराय कृतसंसर्जनाय च ॥ १२ ॥
by this, he purges without any difficulty. Next, the person who has thus been purified and who has followed the samsarjana (regimen of liquid diet after purification),
त्रिरात्रं पञ्चरात्रं वा सप्ताहं वा घृतान्वितम् । दद्याद्यावकमाशुद्धेः पुराणशकृतोऽथवा ॥ १३ ॥
should be given food prepared from barley only added with ghee for three days, five days and seven day still the old feces (lurking inside) gets purified.
Having conditioned the alimentary tract in this manner, the person should begin to consume that rasayana (rejuvenatory medicine) whichever formula is found suitable, after considering his habits etc.
पथ्यासहस्रं त्रिगुणधात्रीफलसमन्वितम् । पञ्चानां पञ्चमूलानां सार्धं पलशतद्वयम् ॥ १५ ॥
One thousand counts of pathyā (harītakī – Terminalia chebula) and three times that number—three thousand—of dhātrīphala (āmalakī – Phyllanthus emblica), along with two hundred and fifty palas (12 kg) of the herbs belonging to the five pañcamūlas, should be boiled in ten times