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CHAPTER XXXVIT.
Now we shall discourse on the treatment of an
Anuvdsana vasti and an Uttara vastt (Anuvasanottara-Vasti-Chikitsita).
i.
Metrical Texts:—An Anuvasana-vasti should
be applied to a patient fit to be treated therewith, seven
days after the administration of a purgative and after
he has regained his strength and taken his meal of
rice. Three-quarter parts of the medicinal solution
enjoined to be used in connection with a Niruha-vasti
(dry or oillessi iti con-;iderntion of the age and tempera-
ment of the patient form the full) dose of a Sneha vasti
An enema (Vasti) should be applied after the emission of
stool, flatus and urine from the system, since they resist
the penetration of the Sneha into the bowels. A Sneha-
vasti (emulsive or oleaginous enema) should not be
applied to a person whose organism has not been
previously cleansed (by an appropriate emetic and
purgative). The potency of the Sneha would be able
to easily infiltrate into a system previously cleansed
in the manner before indicated. 2.
Now we shall describe (the process of preparing) the
several medicated oils in due order with reference to
the different Doshas which should ba used as drink
and errhines and in charging a Sneha vasti and which
have the power of destroying a variety of diseases (if so
used). 3-A.
First Tal la
: —Drugs such as Sathi, Pushkara,
Krishndy Madana, Deva-ddru, S'atdhvd, Kiishtha, Yashti-
madhu, Vacha, Vilva and Chitraka should be pounded
together, made into a paste and duly cooked with oil (of