Charak Samhita

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विरेचनहृतानाहो यस्तृष्णानुगतो नरः। विरिक्तः पुनराध्माति यथा प्रेतस्तथैव सः ॥१०॥

॥ Poor prognosis after Virechana (therapeutic purgation)॥ If abdominal distension of a patient is relieved by purgation for short time and then patient develops thirst, distension of abdomen and severe pain again, then such patient should be considered as a ghost i.e. the patients will surely die soon.

english translation

virecanahRtAnAho yastRSNAnugato naraH। viriktaH punarAdhmAti yathA pretastathaiva saH ॥10॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript