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642 THE SUSIIRUTA SAMIIITA. [Chap. XXXVIU.
patients, and those of moderate potency should be
employed in respect of persons possessed of a middling
sort of bodily strength, while weak persons should be
treated with Vastis (enemas) of mild potency. An
experienced physician should thus apply Vastis (enemas)
with due regard to the nature of the season, the strength
of the patient, the nature and intensity of the disease
under treatment and of the Doshas involved therein
and to the nature of the potency of the ingredients
to be used in charging the Vasti (enema).* 34.
Loosening or disintegrating (Utkles'ana— lit. irri-
tating) enemas {ie.^ those possessed of the virtue of dis-
lodging and disintegrating the accumulated Doshas in the
system) should be employed at the outset and corrective
ones (Dosha-hara) should then be employed, while those
exerting a soothing influence on the organism (Sam-
s'amana) should be employed last of all towards the
close of the treatment 35.
Different Vastis : — An Utklesana (disinte-
grating) Vasti consists of castor seeds, Yashti-madfm,
Pippaliy Saindhava^ Vacha^ Habushd and Phala (Triphala
—Madana-phala, according to others) pasted together.
A Dosha-hara-vasti (corrective enema) consists (of a
solution) of Yashti-madhu, Kutaja seeds and Madana-
phala with Kanjika and cow's urine. A Sams'odhana-
Vasti '.(soothing enema") consists of Priyangu, Yashti-
madhu, Musta and Rasdnjajta-w\{h cow's milk. 36— 38.
Wladhu-Tailika Vasti :—Now we shall de-
scribe in short the process of applying a Madhu-Tailika
* S'ivadasa, the commentator of Chakradatta, quotes two additional
lines as being incorporated in Sus'ruta's text which, when translated,
would be as follows :—Better use a Vasti of milder potency but never use
on of strong potency than what is necessary and this is recommended
especially in cases of delicate persons.
—
EJ.