The Compendium of Caraka 1.15.17

1.15.17

athainaṃ punareva snehasvedābhyāmupapādyānupahatmanasamabhisamīkṣya sukhoṣitaṃ suprajīrṇabhaktaṃ kṛtahomabalimaṅgalajapaprāyaścittamiṣṭe tithinakṣatrakaraṇamuhūrte brāhmaṇān svasti vācayitvā trivṛtkalkamakṣamātraṃ yathārhāloḍanaprativinītaṃ pāyayet prasamīkṣya doṣabheṣajadeśakālabalaśarīrāhārasātmyasattvaprakṛtivayasāmavasthāntarāṇi vikārāṃśca samyak viriktaṃ cainaṃ vamanoktena dhūmavarjena vidhinopapādayedābalavarṇaprakṛtilābhāt, balavarṇopapannaṃ cainamanupahatamanasamabhisamīkṣya sukhoṣitaṃ suprajīrṇabhaktaṃ śiraḥsnātamanuliptagātraṃ sragviṇamanupahatavasgrasaṃvītamanurūpālaṅkārālaṅkṛtaṃ suhṛdyāṃ darśayitvā jñātīnāṃ darśayet athainaṃ kāmeṣvavasṛjet //

Then, preparing him again with oleation and sudation, seeing that his mind is unhindered, that he has rested well, that his food is well-digested, that he has performed the fire offerings, animal offerings, auspicious rites, prayers, and expiations, on an auspicious lunar day, constellation, half-tithi, and muhūrta, having caused the brāhmaṇas to recite auspicious benedictions, one should make him drink a paste of trivṛt to the measure of an akṣa dissolved in a suitable liquid vehicle, having carefully examined the varying states of the doṣa, the medicine, the place, the season, the strength, the body, the diet, the wholesome suitability, the mental disposition, the constitution, and the age, as well as the morbid alterations. And when he has been properly purged, one should treat him according to the procedure stated for emesis, excluding the smoke, until he regains his strength, complexion, and normal constitution. And seeing him endowed with strength and complexion, unhindered in mind, well-rested, with his food well-digested, having bathed his head, anointed his limbs, wearing a garland, clothed in clean garments, adorned with suitable ornaments, having shown him to his friends and shown him to his kinsmen, one should then release him to his desires.