Ashtangasamgraha 28.25

28.25

yathāsvamāsthāpanamātrā pādahīnā mādhutailike prayojyā |

anuvāsane svevamevāsthāpanasya pāda iti ||

jantubhiḥ pītaśoṇite hi śirasi punarasrāvasekādakāṇḍe mṛtyuḥ syāt |

kṛmicikitsitaṃ cekṣet ||

The respective dose of a non-unctuous enema reduced by one quarter should be used in the mādhutailika [enema]. / But in an unctuous enema, it is indeed one quarter of the non-unctuous enema. / For when blood has been consumed in the head by parasites, untoward death may occur from draining blood again. / And one should attend to the treatment of parasites.