Ashtangasamgraha 7.15

7.15

they destroy kapha and pitta, are dry, astringent, sweet, cold, / aggravate vāta, bind feces and urine, are light, and scraping in nature; // [it] causes harsh constipation and obstruction of vāta, feces, and urine; // one pala of paste of raisins with fermented gruel, sour juice of āmalakī, // with oil cooked with those, an evacuating enema should be given accompanied by an unctuous enema; // and similarly [one possessed] mostly on the sixth and ninth [lunar days]—by preceptors, elders, and Siddhas; / likewise, one who is devoted to bathing, purity, and solitude, and skilled in legal treatises, scripture, and poetry—the sages [possess him].