as absolutely ineffective owing to its virtue having been previously used or soaked in.*[1]
Articles of bandaging:—Now we shall enumerate the names of articles which are required in bandaging ulcers. They are as follows:—
Kshauma (cloth woven with the fibres of Atasi plant), Avika (blankets made of sheeps' wool), Dukulum (loom-silk), Kausheya (silk), the Patrorna (a kind of cloth made of the fibres of Nága trees, which grow in the provinces of Paundra and Magadha), the Chinapatta (Chinese cloth), Antarvalkala (the inner bark or fibres of a tree), Charma (skin), the Alávu Shakala (the skin of a gourd), the Lata-Vidala (half thrashed Shyama creepers), string or cord, the cream of milk, Tula-phalam (cotton seeds) and iron. These accessories should be used in consideration of the exigencies of each case and the time or the season of the year in which it occurs.†[2]
- ↑ * This portion of the text has been omitted by Chakrapani in his commentary entitled the Bhánumati.
- ↑ † In a swelling or ulcer caused by the deranged Váyu and Kapham, the bandage should consist of a piece of thick cloth; whereas in summer it should consist of thin linen. Similarly, a bandage, tied round any deep or hollow part of the body, should consist of a piece of thick cloth. The contrary rule should be observed, when the seat of the bandage would be at any flexible part of the body.
Similarly, in the case of a snake-bite, a ligature should be firmly tied above the punctured wound with a string or twisted cord of cotton, while a fractured bone should be set right by twisting bunches of half-thrashed shyama creeper (Latavidala) round the seat of fracture. A local hemorrhage
