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634 THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA.
[Chap. XXXVII .
of a Sneha (oleaginous substance). The whole should
then be stirred and when the Sneha would be well
mixed, a Prasrita measure of a medicinal Kalka, four
Prasritas of a decoction, and two Prasritas of medicinal
after-throws (powdered drugs thrown to or cast in a
medicinal compound at the close of its decoction)
should be added to it. In this way an enema solution
should be made to measure twelve Prasritas in all and
is hence called **Dvai-dasa-Prasrita". This should be
regarded as the rule in respect of a full dose and the
physician may reduce the numbers of Prasritas (if
required). This kind of variation according to the age of
the patient, in the quantity of each drug of a Niruha-Vasti
which commences with the Saindhava salt and ends with
the liquid {viz., Kashdya) has always been observed by
the physician aspiring after success (in prescribing a
VastiV ir.
Classification of Vastis according to
the range of theirtherapeutic applications
: -Now we shall deal with the classifica-
tion of (Nirudha) enemas (according to the difference
in their therapeutic ranges) which, when applied with
due consideration of the aggravated Doshas (acting
as the exciting factors), will conquer many a
disease. 12.
A decoction should be prepared with one Pala of
each of Smnpdka, Ruvtc, Varshdbhu, As^a-gandhd,
Nis'd-chchhada (^Sathi\ Pancha-^nula^ Vald, Rdsjid,
Guduchi and Deva-ddru and Madana fruit eight (two
Palas) in number (boiled together and reduced to a
quarter part of the original quantity of water). After
that a paste (Kalka) composed oi Mdgadhikd, Ambhoda,
(Mustd), HavushA, Misi (anisi), Saindhava^ Vatsdhva,
Priyangu, Ugrd (Vacha), Yashtydhva, and Rasdnjana