Ashtangasamgraha 28.48

28.48

viśeṣastu samyaganuvāsite kiñcitkālaṃ sthitvā snehaḥ sapurīṣonilānugataḥ pravartata iti |

bhavati cātra ||

tataḥ pūrvoktarasadrutena padminīkardamapraliptaptadhautān keśān kapālaṃ ca lepayet |

tataḥ padminīkardamaiḥ pracchādya kauśeyena veṣṭayet |

tṛtīye cāhni prakṣālyaivameva kuryāt |

evamalikulanīlāḥ keśāḥ śiro vibhūṣayanti |

bhavati cātra ||

The distinction, however, is that when properly administered as an unctuous enema, the unctuous substance stays for a short time and then comes forth accompanied by feces and followed by flatus.

And here it is said:

Then, one should smear the hair and scalp, which have been washed after being coated with lotus silt dissolved in the aforementioned juice.

Then, having covered it with lotus silt, one should wrap it with silk cloth.

And on the third day, having washed it, one should do the same again.

In this way, hairs black as a swarm of bees adorn the head.

And here it is said: