Ashtangasamgraha 26.6

26.6

yathārhasvedadravyāṇi pihitamukhāyāmukhāyāṃ samyagupasvedya nivātaśaraṇaśayanasthe kiliñje prastīryāvikakauśeyavātaharapatrānyatamottarapracchade rauravājinaprāvārādibhiḥ svavacchannaṃ svedayediti saṃstarasvedaḥ ||

kaphaje jalaukobhiḥ śākādipatrairvā raktaṃ visrāvya vyoṣapāṭhāyavakṣārasvarjikākṣāraiḥ sakṣaudraiḥ pratisārayet |

kuṣṭhatagaradantīśyāmābiḍaharitālaviḍaṅgairvā |

svedanasyadhūmakavalāṃśca kaphaghnānavacārayet ||

Having thoroughly steamed the appropriate sudation substances in a covered vessel, spreading them out on a mat placed on a bed in a windless shelter, covered above with one of woolen cloth, silk, or vāta-alleviating leaves, one should foment the person well-covered with deer-skins, wool blankets, and the like; this is bed sudation. / In the case of [an ailment] born of kapha, having drained the blood with leeches or rough leaves and the like, one should rub [the area] with vyoṣa, pāṭhā, barley alkali, and svarjikā alkali mixed with honey; / or with kuṣṭha, tagara, dantī, śyāmā, biḍa salt, yellow orpiment, and viḍaṅga. / And one should administer sudation, nasal drops, smoke, and gargles that destroy kapha.