Ashtangasamgraha 33.5

33.5

anena vidhinā pratyahaṃ vāyāvekāntaraṃ raktapittayodrvyantaraṃ kaphe svasthe ca |

yathādoṣotkarṣaṃ saṃsargasannipātayoḥ |

evamekāhaṃ tryahaṃ pañcāhaṃ vā kuryādātṛptervā |

tṛptātṛptātitṛptaliṅgāni tu kramāt svāsthyavātakaphavikārairādiśet ||

vātaṃ mūtraṃ śakṛcchukraṃ khaiḥ sūkṣmairvahati kramāt ||

By this method, [it should be performed] every day in vāta; with an interval of one day in [disorders of] blood and pitta; with an interval of two days in kapha and in a healthy person; / and in combination (saṃsarga) or collective aggravation (sannipāta) [of the doṣas], according to the predominance of the doṣas. / Thus one should perform it for one day, three days, or five days, or until satisfaction [is reached]. / But the signs of satisfaction, non-satisfaction, and excess satisfaction should be declared respectively by healthy condition, disorders of vāta, and disorders of kapha. / [The vāyu] carries vāta, urine, feces, and semen gradually through the minute pores.