Ashtangasamgraha 28.37

28.37

api ca |

tiryakpraṇīte hi na yāti dhārā gude vraṇaḥ syāccalite ca netre |

dattaḥ śanairnāśayameti bastiḥ kaṇṭhaṃ pradhāvedatipīḍitastu ||

kūrmakapālabhasmanā vā surasārasāktena pradihyāt |

hastidantamaṣyā vā tailānvitayā |

pūtīkarañjapratrāṇi vā sasaindhavāni lepaḥ |

pippalyañjanarasāñjanabākucikāphalaloharajāṃsi vā gomūtrapiṣṭāni |

khalativihitāni cācaret |

salilasekamāromodgamāt pariharet ||

Furthermore:

For if it is administered obliquely, the stream does not flow; and if the nozzle moves, an ulcer forms in the rectum;

an enema given slowly does not reach the reservoir, but if pressed too hard, it surges up to the throat.

Or one should apply an ointment of ashes of a turtle shell smeared with the juice of surasā,

or with ivory soot combined with oil.

Or leaves of pūtīkarañja with rock salt make a paste.

Or long pepper, collyrium, extract of berberis, bākucī, ironwood fruits, and iron dust ground with cow’s urine [make a paste].

And one should employ [the treatments] prescribed for baldness.

One should avoid sprinkling with water until the hair emerges.