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Aggravated vata spread through the whole body is to be calmed by asthapana and anuvasana enemas given in due order.

For vata colic after dry, cold purifiers, the patient is massaged with oil and sweated, then given an anuvasana enema of oil cooked with a decoction and paste of liquorice (yashti).

When an anuvasana enema comes back too soon, it is given again with ghee or oil mixed with shatapushpa (rendered fennel in the commentary) and rock salt.

The text says that, given by the rule, the first oil enema oils the groin region, the second removes vata from the whole body, the third gives lustre, colour and strength, the fourth oils…

Oil cooked a hundred times (by the shatapaka method) with the decoction and paste of bala is given as an oil enema to childless women and men who have been prepared by oleation, sweating,…

The text says that one who takes three hundred and twenty-four oil enemas by the rules becomes like a second god, attractive like Kamadeva to all beings, and lives a thousand years with a…

Given by the rule, the first oil enema oils the groin region, the second removes vata from the whole body, the third brings lustre, colour and strength, the fourth and fifth oil rasa and…

When an oil enema given to an unprepared body stays in the belly and causes heaviness, distaste, bloating and colic, the verse prescribes an asthapana enema at the end of the oil enema's…

Complications of the oil enema that the text describes when the oil is overpowered by doshas, food or wastes, rises upward, is given to an unprepared body or a light eater, or flows out too…

Thus the oil enema with its many kinds of complications and their proper treatments has been described. Next the niruha enema, though stated earlier, will be explained in detail.

The text says a person who uses three hundred and twenty-four oil enemas by the rules becomes by his qualities like a second god, as attractive as an incomparable Kamadeva to the hearts,…

The patient is first given a proper oil massage and a warm-water bath, then fed as the science directs, and the anuvasana enema with rock salt and shatapushpa powder is given skilfully. He…

When a very hot or very sharp oil enema with water and wind, given in excess, flows out at once without effect, the anuvasana is given again properly, repeatedly. The text adds that oil…

When the oil enema is given properly, the oil comes back out together with strong vata and stool. If a weak oil is given in small measure to one whose bowel has strong doshas, it is…

Subsidence of the disease for which the enema was given, thorough cleansing of wastes, and contentment of the senses, self and mind are the signs of a proper oil enema and of a proper…

While this jaggery-and-oil enema is used there is no restriction on food, drink, sleeping, sitting, sexual intercourse and the like; it can be given wherever and whenever wanted, and its…

When an oil enema given after a full meal is overpowered by the food and causes heart pain, breathlessness, cough and the like, the patient is made to fast (langhana) and afterwards given…

When an oil enema in a very impure bowel has mixed with stool and stays, causing heaviness, colic, fatigue and bloating, sharp asthapana and anuvasana enemas made with sharp drugs are given…

When a small oil enema given to one who ate very little has not come out and causes languor, distaste, heaviness of the head and fatigue, a physician who knows what should and should not be…

The first oils the groin, the second removes vata from the whole body, the third gives lustre, colour and strength, the fourth to seventh oil rasa, blood, flesh and fat, the eighth and…

The patient is told to lie comfortably pressing on his right hand so that the stool does not come out quickly; a footnote says an anuvasana that comes straight out is of no benefit and must…

Enemas of old jaggery and sesame oil in equal measure with the stated liquid and various drugs, which remove various doshas, are to be given properly many times. The physician may use these…

After the bowel has been cleansed by niruha, the patient is bathed in warm water, given a light meal prepared with dosha-pacifying medicines and then given an anuvasana enema by rule. To…

A niruha in which jaggery and sesame oil are taken in equal measure and combined with a decoction of castor root; the text says it removes all severe doshas. It is introduced for kings,…