In case of non availability, plavaja gala (throat of a pelican), ankapada (skin of a bat), ghana pata (strong cloth) should be used. The physician well versed in the method of administering basti should administer this therapy to a patient who is fit, after the digestion of the meal consumed by him and who has a complete focus of mind on the therapy.
It should be given on an auspicious day in the shukla paksha having a propitious nakshatra, muhurta and yoga. [Preparation and administration of basti formulation] One pala each of bala, guduchi, haritaki, vibhitaki, amalaki, rasna, bilva, shyonaka, gambhari, patala, shalaparni, prishniparni, brihati, kantakari and gokshura,
अष्टौ फलान्यर्धतुलां च मांसाच्छागात् पचेदप्सु चतुर्थशेषम्| पूतं यवानीफलबिल्वकुष्ठवचाशताह्वाघनपिप्पलीनाम्||१४||
eight fruits of madana and half tula of goat meat should be added with water, and boiled till one fourth of water remains. Then the decoction should be collected by filtration. To this decoction, one pichu (tola) each of the paste of yavani, madana phala, bilva, kushtha, vacha, shatahva, ghana and pippali,
one pala of jaggery, two prasruta each of ghee and oil, and appropriate quantities of honey and rock salt should be added. The recipe should then be stirred with a stirrer, and kept inside the basti.