The Compendium of Caraka 3.7.16
Carakasaṃhitā 3.7.16
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- Sanskrit
3.7.16
athainaṃ krimikoṣṭhamāturamagre ṣaḍrātraṃ saptarātraṃ vā snehasvedābhyāmupapādya śvobhūte enaṃ saṃśodhanaṃ pāyayitā 'asmīti kṣīraguḍadadhitilamatsyānūpamāṃsapiṣṭānnaparamānnakusumbhasnehasaṃprayuktairbhojyaiḥ sāyaṃ prātaścopapādayet samudīraṇārthaṃ krimīṇāṃ koṣṭhābhisaraṇārthaṃ ca bhiṣak/
"Then, first preparing this patient having worms in the alimentary tract for six or seven nights with oleation and sudation, thinking 'tomorrow I shall administer a purificatory therapy to him', the physician should feed him in the evening and morning with foods prepared with milk, jaggery, curd, sesame, fish, meat of marshy animals, flour preparations, milk-rice pudding, and safflower oil, in order to excite the worms and draw them into the gut."
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