Charak Samhita

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तस्माच्चिकित्सार्धमिति ब्रुवन्ति सर्वां चिकित्सामपि बस्तिमेके| नाभिप्रदेशं कटिपार्श्वकुक्षिं गत्वा शकृद्दोषचयं विलोड्य ||४०||

Therefore, basti is considered by physicians to be the half of entire therapeutics. Some physicians even consider it as whole of the therapeutics. [Mode of action of basti] The therapy that while moving in umbilical region, lumbar region,

english translation

tasmAccikitsArdhamiti bruvanti sarvAM cikitsAmapi bastimeke| nAbhipradezaM kaTipArzvakukSiM gatvA zakRddoSacayaM viloDya ||40||

hk transliteration by Sanscript