Ashtangasamgraha 26.4

26.4

Liquid sudation, however, is of two kinds: / affusion and tub-bath. / There, by boiling vāta-alleviating substances such as śigru, varaṇa, āmrātaka, mūlaka, sarṣapa, surasā, arjaka, vāsā, bamboo, aśmantaka, aśoka, śirīṣa, arka, karañja, eraṇḍa, broken leaves of mālatī, pūtīka, daśamūla, and so forth, along with whey, water, surā, milk, śukta, and the previously mentioned substances, either separately or together according to the doṣa, and filling jars, sprinklers, or tubes, one should affuse the patient—whether massaged with oil processed with vāta-alleviating substances or unmassaged, seated or lying on a reed mat, in one part of the body or over the entire body, covered with a cloth. / One should immerse him in a large cauldron, vat, or tub filled with that same water. / Rubbing [is done] with that very [powder], along with powder of madhuka. / Covering [is done] with a cotton compress soaked in it. / Tube sudation [is performed] with tender leaves of eraṇḍa boiled with milk, and the nasal administration and head-massage as taught for harelip.