Hārīta's Compendium of Medicine 4.4
English (machine translation) 4.4
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4.4.1
Ātreya said:
Having made a bamboo tube measuring four finger-breadths according to its characteristics, one should perform the enema procedure with it.
4.4.2
Neither when the weather is too hot nor cold, nor when [the patient] has eaten,
nor when sleepy, distressed by urine, distressed by faeces, nor suffering pain—
4.4.3
having dismissed [these], one should administer an evacuation enema (nirūha) procedure to him.
4.4.3.p1
First having had him pass urine and faeces, washed the rectum, and laid him down on a bed that is not too soft,
4.4.3.p2
having flexed the left foot on the left side and the right foot on the right side, resting it upon the shank,
4.4.3.p3
the wise [physician] should insert the tube to a depth of two finger-breadths inside the rectum.
4.4.3.p4
Then, pressing the enema bag slowly and gradually, he should administer the evacuation enema with two palas of medicated oil.
4.4.3.p5
Immediately after the evacuation enema, having slowly laid him supine, raised [his legs], and then contracted [them],
4.4.3.p6
he should tap the buttocks five times with his hands.
4.4.3.p7
Then, having made him comfortable, in an instant he stimulates the stomach and the seat of waste matter.
4.4.4
It dispels wind and humoral disorders of the bladder and abdomen.
The learned know that as the nirūha enema and the basti procedure.
4.4.4.p1
Thus, in the Hārītottara spoken by Ātreya, in the fourth section, the sūtrasthāna, [this is] the rule for the nirūha enema procedure,
4.4.3-2
the third chapter.
Linked texts (1)
- Hārītasaṃhitā — Hārīta, Sanskrit