Ashtangasamgraha 21.20

21.20

tasmādādau kapho ghātyaḥ kāyadvārārgalo hi saḥ |

madhyasthāyi yataḥ pittamāśukāri ca cintyate ||

tena kvāthena taṇḍulān bhāvayet |

piṣṭaṃ ca svedayet |

abhiṣuṇuyācca pūrvavat ||

saṅkocayati rūḍhā ca sā dhruvaṃ karṇaśaṣkulīm ||

Therefore, kapha is to be destroyed first, for it is the bolt to the body's door;
while pitta, situated in the middle, is regarded as quick-acting.
With that decoction one should steep the rice grains;
and one should steam the ground paste,
and ferment it as before.
And when healed, it surely contracts the ear-lobe.