हठयोग प्रदीपिका (योगी स्वात्माराम - ज्योत्स्ना टीका सहित सटीक)

26 HAṬHAYOGAPRADĪPIKĀ
22. These six acts are named Dhauti, Vasti,
Neti, Trāṭaka, Nauli and Kapālabhāti.
23. These six acts that purify the body should
be kept secret, as they produce various wonderful
results, and [as such] are held in high esteem by great
Yogin-s.
24. Here DHAUTI [is described]: Slowly swallow
a wet piece of cloth four fingers broad and fifteen
spans long according to the instructions of the
Guru. Draw it out again. This process is called
Dhauti.
A long strip taken from a new muslin cloth would do well.
Swallow a span the first day and increase it daily by a span. The
cloth should also be a little warm.
25. By the efficacy of Dhauti, bronchial diseases,
asthma, Pliha (diseases of the spleen), leprosy [and
similar skin diseases] and twenty other diseases brought
on by phlegm disappear. There is no doubt about
this.
26. Then VASTI [is described]: Seated in water
up to the navel in the Utkaṭāsana [resting the body on
the toes of the feet, the heels pressing against the
buttocks], insert a [small bamboo] tube into the anus
and contract the anus [so as to draw the water in, shake
it and then expel it]. Such washing is Vasti.
27. By the power of Vasti, Gulma and Pliha
(enlargement of glands and spleen), Udara (dropsy or
other stomach diseases) and all diseases arising from
an excess of wind, bile and phlegm are cured.