॥ Prastara sweda (lying on a medicinal mattress)॥ The fomentation technique involving an individual with oil properly applied all over his/her body, lying down on a mattress prepared with corn, pulse and pulaka (type of grain), or steamed boneless meat (vesavara), sweet porridge, boiled mixture of pulses and cereals (krishara), and pudding cake (utkarika), covered with silk, woolen pieces or leaves of panchangula (Ricinus communis), urubuka (variety of the same plant) and arka (Calotropis gigantean, is termed as prastara sweda.
॥ Prastara sweda (lying on a medicinal mattress)॥ The fomentation technique involving an individual with oil properly applied all over his/her body, lying down on a mattress prepared with corn, pulse and pulaka (type of grain), or steamed boneless meat (vesavara), sweet porridge, boiled mixture of pulses and cereals (krishara), and pudding cake (utkarika), covered with silk, woolen pieces or leaves of panchangula (Ricinus communis), urubuka (variety of the same plant) and arka (Calotropis gigantean, is termed as prastara sweda.