Ashtangasamgraha 28.43

28.43

dattamātre tūttānaḥ sopadhāno nirūhavīryeṇa dehavyāptaye tanmanāsthiṣṭhet |

udīrṇavegaścotkuṭiko visṛjet |

āgamanakālastu paro muhūrtaḥ |

tadā hyanāgacchannāśu mṛtyave syāt |

atastatrānulomikaṃ snehakṣāramūtrāmlaṃ snigdhatīkṣṇoṣṇamanyaṃ prayojayet |

phalavartisvedabhayottrāsādīṃśca |

bastivyāpatsiddhiṃ cāvekṣeta ||

tatosyārditaproktamaṇutailaṃ nasyamabhyañjanaṃ ca ||

As soon as it has been given, he should lie on his back with a pillow, attentive, so that the potency of the non-unctuous enema pervades the body.

And when the urge arises, he should squat and evacuate.

The maximum time for its return is one muhūrta.

For if it does not return then, it may cause swift death.

Therefore, in that case, one should administer another laxative enema, unctuous, sharp, and hot, consisting of unctuous substance, alkali, urine, and sour liquid;

and fruit suppositories, sudation, fright, intimidation, and so forth.

And one should look to the section on the successful treatment of enema complications.

Then, for him, a nasal therapy and massage with aṇu oil, as described for facial paralysis, [should be given].