Ashtangasamgraha 29.7

29.7

tatra sneho mātrābhedād dvidhā |

marśaḥ |

pratimarśaśca |

virecanaḥ śamano vā nāsayā praṇīyamānaḥ kalko 'vapīḍasaṃjño virecanacūrṇastu pradhamanākhyaḥ |

pariśeṣaṃ tu nāvanamavapīḍakasaṃjñam |

kalkīkṛtādauṣadhādavapīḍitaḥ sruto raso 'vapīḍa ityapareṣām |

tatra punastīkṣṇe vaiśeṣikī śirovirecanasaṃjñā |

tathānye sarvameva virecanaṃ nasyamityāhuḥ |

sadyaḥ śleṣmavirecanasāmānyāt ||

There, the unctuous substance is of two kinds according to difference in dosage: / marśa / and pratimarśa. / A paste administered through the nose, whether purgative or pacifying, is named avapīḍa; but a purgative powder is called pradhamana. / The remaining is known as nāvana or avapīḍaka; / according to others, juice pressed and trickled from a medicament made into a paste is avapīḍa. / There, when it is sharp, it receives the specific designation 'head-purgative' [śirovirecana]. / Likewise others say that all nasal medication is purgative, / because of the common factor of immediately purging śleṣman.