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स्वेदनद्रव्याणां पुनर्मूलफलपत्रशुङ्गादीनां मृगशकुनपिशितशिरस्पदादीनामुष्णस्वभावानां वायथार्हमम्ललवणस्नेहोपसंहितानां मूत्रक्षीरादीनां वा कुम्भ्यां बाष्पमनुद्वमन्त्यामुत्क्वथितानां नाड्याशरेषीकावंशदलकरञ्जार्कपत्रान्यतमकृतया गजाग्रहस्तसंस्थानया व्यामदीर्घया व्यामार्धदीर्घया वाव्यामचतुर्भागाष्टभागमूलाग्रपरिणाहस्रोतसा सर्वतो वातहरपत्रसंवृतच्छिद्रया द्विस्त्रिर्वा विनामितयावातहरसिद्धस्नेहाभ्यक्तगात्रो बाष्पमुपहरेत्; बाष्पो ह्यनृजुगामी विहतचण्डवेगस्त्वचमविदहन् सुखं स्वेदयतीतिनाडीस्वेदः ||४३||

[Nadi sweda (tubular steam sudation)] Drugs for fomentation like plant-based articles (roots, fruits, leaves, buds etc.) or animal-based articles (flesh and heads of animals and birds) are mixed up with sour, salt or unctuous substances and urine, milk, etc. and decocted in a pitcher in such a way that the vapor does not leak out. Then, a pipe made up of leaves of vamsha (Bambusa arundinacea Retz.), karanja (Pongamia pinnata Merr.) or arka (Calotropis gigantea) with its fore part having the shape of the trunk of an elephant is inserted into the pitcher. The pipe required should be of one vyama (91.44cm) or half a vyama (45.72 cm) length, with its circumference being one-fourth of a vyama (22.86 cm) in its proximal end, one-eighth of a vyama in the distal end, and curved twice or thrice. All the clefts in the pipe should be well covered with leaves that alleviate vata. The well-massaged patient should then get this steam through the curved pipe. Curvatures of the pipe help in lessening the intensity of steam and thus help in providing a comfortable fomentation experience. This fomentation technique is called nadi sweda.

english translation

svedanadravyANAM punarmUlaphalapatrazuGgAdInAM mRgazakunapizitaziraspadAdInAmuSNasvabhAvAnAM vAyathArhamamlalavaNasnehopasaMhitAnAM mUtrakSIrAdInAM vA kumbhyAM bASpamanudvamantyAmutkvathitAnAM nADyAzareSIkAvaMzadalakaraJjArkapatrAnyatamakRtayA gajAgrahastasaMsthAnayA vyAmadIrghayA vyAmArdhadIrghayA vAvyAmacaturbhAgASTabhAgamUlAgrapariNAhasrotasA sarvato vAtaharapatrasaMvRtacchidrayA dvistrirvA vinAmitayAvAtaharasiddhasnehAbhyaktagAtro bASpamupaharet; bASpo hyanRjugAmI vihatacaNDavegastvacamavidahan sukhaM svedayatItinADIsvedaH ||43||

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