The Compendium of Caraka 8.2.16
Carakasaṃhitā 8.2.16
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8.2.16
śeṣāstvāsthāpyāḥ; viśeṣatastu sarvāṅgaikāṅgakukṣirogavātavarcomūtraśukrasaṅgabalavarṇamāṃsaretaḥkṣayadoṣādhmānāṅgasuptikrimikoṣṭhodāvartaśuddhātisāraparvabhedābhitāpaplīhagulmaśūlahṛdrogabhagandaronmādajvarabradhnaśiraḥkarṇaśūlahṛdayapārśvapṛṣṭhakaṭīgrahavepanākṣepakagauravātilāghavarajaḥkṣayārtaviṣamāgnisphigjānujaṅghorugulphapārṣṇiprapadayoni&bāhvaṅgulistanāntadantasnakhaparvāsthiśūlaśoṣastambhāntrakūjaparikartikālpālpasaśabdogragandhotthānādayo vātavyādhayoviśeṣeṇa mahārogādhyāyoktāśca; eteṣvāsthāpanaṃ pradhānatamamityuktaṃ vanaspatimūlacchedavat//
The rest, however, are to be given an āsthāpana enema; especially those suffering from diseases of the entire body, of a single limb, or of the abdomen; retention of flatus, stool, urine, and semen; loss of strength, complexion, flesh, and semen; tympanites caused by doṣas; numbness of limbs; intestinal worms; udāvarta; non-bloody diarrhea; pain in the small joints; internal burning; enlargement of the spleen; gulma; abdominal colic; heart disease; fistula-in-ano; insanity; fever; inguinal hernia; pain in the head and ears; stiffness in the cardiac region, flanks, back, and hips; tremors; convulsive seizures; heaviness; excessive lightness; amenorrhea; irregular digestive fire; pain, wasting, and stiffness in the buttocks, knees, calves, thighs, ankles, heels, forefeet, vagina, arms, fingers, inter-mammary region, teeth, nails, joints, and bones; intestinal rumbling; cutting pain in the rectum; evacuation [of stool] little by little, with sound, and of fierce odor; and particularly the vāta diseases declared in the 'Chapter on Major Diseases.' In these, an āsthāpana enema is said to be the foremost, like felling a tree at its root.
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