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614 THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA. [Chap. XXXVII
A Vasti should not be applied in the night since the
Doshas of the system are (generally) aggravated at this
time and since the Sneha (of the Vasti ,i
owing
to
its potency is likely to give rise to a distention of the
abdomen attended with fever and heaviness of the
limbs. The mouths of the internal ducts of the body
remain dilated and the Doshas remain in their proper
places [i.e., are not generally agitated), and the digestive
fire remains surcharged with the essence of the diges-
tive food during the day time, hence the potency (Ojas)
of a Sneha-vasti employed during the day time easily
spreads through the ducts of the body. An Anuvasana-
vasti may be applied during (the early part of) the night
in summer in a case marked by a preponderance of the
deranged Pitta and a (consequent) weakness of the
Kapha, and an extremely parched condition of the organism,
as well as in cases of the affections of Vdyu
(Vata-roga). Unfavourable symptoms such as a burning
sensation in the body, etc., arise from the application of
a Vasti in the day time during a preponderance of the
Pitta, or in summer. The physician should, therefore,
make such applications in the evening (Pradosha) in
such instances. 14.
Proper time for the application of the
Sneha-vasti: —A Sneha-vasti should be employed
during the day in spring and winter and in the evening
during summer and the rainy season, with a view to ward
off the dangers due to the misapplication in the internal
use of a Sneha.* It may, however, be applied at any
time during the day, or in the night in a case marked
by a preponderance of the deranged bodily Vayu. 15.
In the serious stage of a disease an Anuvasana-
enema should bs applied after the patient has partaken
"^ See Chapter XXXI .
Chikitsiui-Slhanani.