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THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA.
[Chap. XLV.

draught of milk with an equal quantity of water is also recommended for a patient comforming to a proper regimen of diet and conduct. 18.

The watery secretion of the dung of a horse or a bull should be taken with honey and sugar. In the alternative, powders of the seeds of Vástuka or (of the roots, of Tanduliyaka--plants should be licked with honey. A lambative formed of Lája (parched paddy) and Anjana *[1] mixed with honey, or powdered Tugá-kshiri mixed with honey and sugar should be licked. A patient suffering from an attack of Rakta-pitta should take a compound of Drákshá, Tikta-rohini, Yashti-madhu and sugar with cold water, or lick a compound of pulverised Pathyá, Ahinsrá and Rajani with clarified butter. 19.

The compound of (blue), Utpala Souráshtra mrithiká (red earth), Priyangu, Lodhara, polens of lotus and sugar mixed together and taken with honey and a decoction of Vásaka would speedily stop the emission in a virulant type of Rakta-pitta. Similarly a compound consisting of flowers of Khadira, Jambu, Arjuna, (red) Kovidára, Śirisha, Lodhra, Asana, Śálmali and Śigru, pounded together and mixed with honey should be licked by the patient in a case of Rakta-pitta. 20 — 21.

The alkaline water prepared with the ashes of Indivara and taken with honey, powdered Karanja-seeds taken with honey and clarified butter and the decoction of Jambu, Arjuna and Ámra — these three compounds prove curative in cases of Rakta-pitta. A paste made of the roots and flowers of Mátulunga should also be taken with the washings of rice. 22 — 23

  1. * Kálánjana is a variant, in place of Lája and Anjana. For Kálánjana Dallana reads Souviránjana. This should be the proper reading because there is a word in the receipe which shows that there will be only one thing and not two.