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.