Ashtangasamgraha 5.2

5.2

One must not suppress the urges of flatus, feces, urine, sneezing, thirst, hunger, / sleep, coughing, exertion-induced breathing, yawning, tears, vomiting, and semen. / It is known as rājayakṣman, wasting (kṣaya), consumption (śoṣa), and the king of diseases. / When the milk is digested, he should eat śāli rice with that very milk and sugar. / An evacuating enema of honey and oil prepared with a decoction of castor root / is a rejuvenating tonic that destroys urinary disorder, hemorrhoids, worms, abdominal swelling, and hernia. / And one should bathe an infant together with the nursing mother at a crossroads, / a person suffering from a chronic illness in a cremation ground, and a woman whose children have died [there as well].