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'234 Tllli SUSHRUTA SAMIilTA. [Chap. X.
lYIedical Treatment : — in a case of pain
under the circumstances, the encientc should be made
to drink a potion consisting of milk boiled with Mahd-
saha, Kshudrasahd, MadJiuka flower, S'vadansttd and
Kantakdri, mixed with sugar and honey. In the case of
retention of urine, the patient should be made to
drink a potion of milk boiled with drugs known as the
Ddrvddi Gana (mixed with sugar and honey). In the
case of A'ndha (retention of stool attended with disten-
tion of the abdomen), a potion consisting of milk
boiled with asafetida, Sativarchala salt, garlic and Vacha
(mixed with honey and sugar) should be given. In
cases of excessive bleeding, linctus made of the powdered
chamber of a Koshthagarika insect * , Samangd^
DJidtaki flowers, Navamdlikd, Gairika, resin and Rasdn-
jana, or of as many of them as would be available,
mixed with honey, should be licked. In the alternative,
the bark and sprouts of the drugs known as the Nya-
grodhddi Gana mixed with boiled milk should be
administered, or a Kalka of the drugs of the Utpaladi
group mixed with boiled milk should be used, or a
Kalka of S'aluka, S'ringataka and Kas'cru mixed with
boiled milk should be given. As a further alternative, the
enciente may be made to eat cakes made of powdered
Sali rice with the decoction of Udumbara fruit and
Audaka-kanda, mixed with honey and sugar. A piece
of linen or a plug soaked in the expressed juice of the
drugs of the Nyagrodhadi group should be inserted
into the passage of the vagina. 47.
In a case of pain unattended with bleeding, the
enciente should be made lo drink a potion composed of
milk-boiled with Ji/«rt7/^//^