Sushruta Samhita · Chapter 4.32

athātaḥ svedāvacāraṇīyaṃ cikitsitaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ//

yathovāca bhagavān dhanvantariḥ//

caturvidhaḥ svedaḥ tadyathā tāpasveda, ūṣmasveda, upanāhasvedo, dravasveda iti atra sarvasvedavikalpāvarodhaḥ//

tatra tāpasvedaḥ pāṇikāṃsyakandukakapālavālukāvastraiḥ prayujyate, śayānasya cāṅgatāpo bahuśaḥ khādirāṅgārairiti//

ūṣmasvedastu kapālapāṣāśeṣṭakālohapiṇḍānagnivarṇānadbhirāsiñcedamladravyairvā, tairārdrālaktakapariveṣṭitairaṅgapradeśaṃ svedayet/ māṃsarasapayodadhisnehadhānyāmlavātaharapatrabhaṅgakvāthapūrṇāṃ vā kumbhīmanutaptāṃ prāvṛtyoṣmāṇaṃ gṛhṇīyāt/ pārśvacchidreṇa vā kumbhenādhomukhena tasyā mukhamabhisandhāya tasmiñchidrehastiśuṇḍākārāṃ nāḍīṃ praṇidhāya taṃ svedayet//

sukhopaviṣṭaṃ svabhyaktaṃ guruprāvaraṇāvṛtam/ hastiśuṇḍikayā nāḍyā svedayedvātarogiṇam/ sukhā sarvāṅgagā hyeṣā na ca kliśnāti mānavam//

vyāmārdhamātrā trirvakrā hastihastasamākṛtiḥ/ svedanārthe hitā nāḍī kailiñjī hastiśuṇḍikā//

puruṣāyāmamātrāṃ ca bhūmimutkīrya khādiraiḥ/ kāṣṭhairdagdhvā tathābhyukṣya kṣīradhānyāmlavāribhiḥ//

patrabhaṅgairavacchādya śayānaṃ svedayettataḥ/ pūrvavat svedayeddagdhvā bhasmāpohyāpi vā śilām//

pūrvavat kuṭīṃ vā caturdvārāṃ kṛtvā tasyāmupaviṣṭasyāntaścaturdvāre'ṅgārānupasandhāya taṃ svedayet//

kośadhānyāni vā samyagupasvedyāstīrya kiliñje'nyasmin vā tatpratirūpake śayānaṃ prāvṛtya svedayet; evaṃ pāṃśugośakṛttuṣabusapalāloṣmabhiḥ svedayet//

upanāhasvedastu vātaharamūlakalkairamlapiṣṭairlavaṇapragāḍhaiḥ susnigdhaiḥ sukhoṣṇaiḥ pradihya svedayet/ evaṃ kākolyādibhirelādibhiḥ surasādibhistilātasīsarṣapakalkaiḥ kṛśarāpāyasotkārikābhirveśavāraiḥ sālvaṇairvā tanuvastrāvanaddhaiḥ svedayet//

dravasvedastu vātaharadravyakvāthapūrṇe koṣṇakaṭāhe droṇyāṃ vāvagāhya svedayet, evaṃ payomāṃsarasayūṣatailadhānyāmlaghṛtavasāmūtreṣvavagāheta; etaireva sukhoṣṇaiḥ kaṣāyaiśca pariṣiñcediti//

tatra tāpoṣmasvedau viśeṣataḥ śleṣmaghnau, upanāhasvedo vātaghnaḥ, anyatarasmin pittasaṃsṛṣṭe dravasveda iti//

kaphamedonvite vāyau nivātātapaguruprāvaraṇaniyuddhādhvavyāyāmabhāraharaṇāmarṣaiḥ svedamutpādayediti//

bhavanti cātra caturvidho yo'bhihito dvidhā svedaḥ prayujyate/ sarvasminneva dehe tu dehasyāvayave tathā//

yeṣāṃ nasyaṃ vidhātavyaṃ bastiścaiva hi dehinām/ śodhanīyāśca ye kecit pūrvaṃ svedyāstu te matāḥ//

paścāt svedyā hṛte śalye mūḍhagarbhānupadravā/ samyak prajātā kāle yā paścāt svedyā vijānatā//

svedyaḥ pūrvaṃ ca paścācca bhagandaryarśasastathā/ aśmaryā cāturo jantuḥ śeṣāñchāstre pracakṣmahe//

nānabhyakte nāpi cāsnigdhadehe svedo yojyaḥ svedavidbhiḥ kathañcit/ dṛṣṭaṃ loke kāṣṭhamasnigdhamāśu gacchedbhaṅgaṃ svedayogairgṛhītam//

snehaklinnā dhātusaṃsthāśca doṣāḥ svasthānasthā ye ca mārgeṣu līnāḥ/ samyak svedairyojitaiste dravatvaṃ prāptāḥ koṣṭhaṃ śodhanairyāntyaśeṣam//

agnerdīptiṃ mārdavaṃ tvakprasādaṃ bhaktaśraddhāṃ srotasāṃ nirmalatvam/ kuryāt svedo hanti nidrāṃ satandrāṃ sandhīn stabdhāṃśceṣṭayedāśu yuktaḥ//

svedāsrāvo vyādhihānirlaghutvaṃ śītārthitvaṃ mārdavaṃ cāturasya/ samyaksvinne lakṣaṇaṃ prāhuretanmithyāsvinne vyatyayenaitadeva//

svinne'tyarthaṃ sandhipīḍā vidāhaḥ sphoṭotpattiḥ pittaraktaprakopaḥ/ mūrcchā bhrāntirdāhatṛṣṇe klamaśca kuryāttūrṇaṃ tatra śītaṃ vidhānam//

pāṇḍurmehī pittaraktī kṣayārtaḥ kṣāmo'jīrṇī codarārto viṣārtaḥ/ tṛḍcchardyārto garbhiṇī pītamadyo naite svedyā yaśca martyoatisārī/ svedādeṣāṃ yānti dehā vināśaṃ nosādhyatvaṃ yānti caiṣāṃ vikārāḥ//

svedaiḥ sādhyo durbalo'jīrṇabhaktaḥ syātāṃ ceddvau svedanīyau tatastau/ eteṣāṃ svedasādhyā ye vyādhayasteṣu buddhimān/ mṛdūn svedān prayuñjīta tathā hṛnmuṣkadṛṣṭiṣu//

sarvān svedānnivāte ca jīrṇānnasyāvacārayet/ snehābhyaktaśarīrasya śītairācchādya cakṣuṣī//

svidyamānasya ca muhurhṛdayaṃ śītalaiḥ spṛśet/ samyaksvinnaṃ vimṛditaṃ snātamuṣṇāmbubhiḥ śanaiḥ//

svabhyaktaṃ prāvṛtāṅgaṃ ca nivātaśaraṇasthitam/ bhojayedanabhiṣyandi sarvaṃ cācāramādiśet//