The Compendium of Caraka 4.8.22

4.8.22

And one should treat her diseases with medicines, diet, and care that are mostly mild, sweet, cold, pleasant, and delicate; one should not administer emesis, purgation, or head evacuation to her; one should not let blood; and at no time should one administer a non-unctuous or unctuous enema, except in an emergency disease.