[Treatment of guda-daha (burning sensation in anus)] If a patient with vata disorder suffers from anorectal burning (and other similar pitta-related symptoms) due to (administration of) hot bastis, a mixture of drakshambu (grape juice or decoction of raisins) and trivritkalka (paste of Operculina turpethum Linn.), which is doshanulshmana (bringing the movement of dosha in right direction) is given.
This relieves burning sensation and similar conditions by expelling the pitta, stool and vata. After the body is cleansed, the patient has to take cold yavagu added with sugar.
अथवाऽतिविरिक्तः स्यात् क्षीणविट्कः स भक्षयेत्| माषयूषेण कुल्माषान् पिबेन्मध्वथवा सुराम्||१८||
[Treatment of mala kshaya (depletion of stool)] On the other hand, if a patient has excessive purgation and suffers from depletion of stool (and other essential body components e.g. fluids), he or she has to take kulmasha (half cooked grains) with mashayoosha (soup of Phaseolus mungo Linn.), or sura (an alcoholic preparation) or honey.
सामं चेत् कुणपं शूलैरुपविशेदरोचकी| स घनातिविषाकुष्ठनतदारुवचाः पिबेत्||१९||
[Treatment of amaja shula (abdominal pain due to improper digestion)] (A decoction of) musta (Cyperus rotundus Linn.), ativisha (Aconitum heterophyllum wall.), kushtha (Saussurea lappa C.B.Clarke.), nata (Valeriana wallichii DC.), daru (Cedrus deodara Roxb.) and vacha (Acorus calamus Linn.) is recommended to a patient with loss of appetite, passing sama stool (i.e., stool containing ama) smelling like a dead (decomposing) body and with abdominal pain.
[Treatment of atisara (diarrhea)] When a patient has pakva atisara (without undigested material) passing shakrita (stool), vata, asrika (blood), pitta or kapha, then basti prepared with a specific group of medicines acting against each of these pathologies is best measure.