Apastambagrihyasutra 3.9.10

3.9.10

yakṣmagṛhītāmanyāṃ vā brahmacaryayuktaḥ puṣkarasaṃvartamūlairuttarairyathāliṅgamaṅgāni saṃmṛśya pratīcīnaṃ nirasyet \10\

If a wife is affected with consumption or is otherwise sick, one who has to observe chastity, should rub her limbs with young lotus leaves which are still rolled up, and with lotus roots, with the next (formulas, limb by limb) according to the characteristics (contained in those formulas; M. I, 17, 1-6), and should throw away (the leaves and roots) towards the west.