Charak Samhita

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सत्यपि दोषहरत्वे कटुतीक्ष्णोष्णादि भेषजादानात्| दुःखोद्गारोत्क्लेशाहृद्यत्वकोष्ठरुजा विरेके स्युः||६||

[Advantages of asthapana basti (purification enema) over virechana (therapeutic purgation)] Although virechana (therapeutic purgation) does eliminate the dosha but the drugs used for virechana are katu (pungent), teekshna (sharp) and ushna (hot) in nature, unpleasant in taste and causes duhkha (discomfort), udgara (eructations), utklesha (nausea) and koshtharuja (pain in gastro-intestinal tract).

english translation

satyapi doSaharatve kaTutIkSNoSNAdi bheSajAdAnAt| duHkhodgArotklezAhRdyatvakoSTharujA vireke syuH||6||

hk transliteration by Sanscript