Charak Samhita

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शूकशमीधान्यपुलाकानां वेशवारपायसकृशरोत्कारिकादीनां वा प्रस्तरे कौशेयाविकोत्तरप्रच्छदेपञ्चाङ्गुलोरुबूकार्कपत्रप्रच्छदे वास्वभ्यक्तसर्वगात्रस्य शयानस्योपस्वेदनं प्रस्तरस्वेद इति विद्यात् ||४२||

sanskrit

[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.

english translation

zUkazamIdhAnyapulAkAnAM vezavArapAyasakRzarotkArikAdInAM vA prastare kauzeyAvikottarapracchadepaJcAGgulorubUkArkapatrapracchade vAsvabhyaktasarvagAtrasya zayAnasyopasvedanaM prastarasveda iti vidyAt ||42||

hk transliteration