Charak Samhita

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वातिकोत्तरवातिकानां पुनर्मूलादीनामुत्क्वाथैः सुखोष्णैः कुम्भीर्वर्षणिकाः प्रनाडीर्वा पूरयित्वा यथार्हसिद्धस्नेहाभ्यक्तगात्रंवस्त्रावच्छन्नं परिषेचयेदिति परिषेकः ||४४||

sanskrit

[Parisheka sweda (shower technique for fomentation)] A fomentation technique that involves taking shower, using pitchers or vessels with holes at the bottom (varshanika) or pipes, filled with lukewarm decoctions of roots of drugs that alleviate isolated vata or vata-predominant disorders, after suitable application of oil over body parts covered with cloth, is termed as parisheka.

english translation

vAtikottaravAtikAnAM punarmUlAdInAmutkvAthaiH sukhoSNaiH kumbhIrvarSaNikAH pranADIrvA pUrayitvA yathArhasiddhasnehAbhyaktagAtraMvastrAvacchannaM pariSecayediti pariSekaH ||44||

hk transliteration