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246 THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA. [Chap. I.
from the up-coursing of the deranged Vayu (Urdhva-vata)
such as cough, asthma, &c., or with thirst, hunger,
dryness of the mouth and fatigue, as well as old men,
infants, weak persons, men of timid dispositions and
pregnant women should never fast. A swelling and an
extremely painful ulcer should be respectively treated
with a proper medicated plaster at the very outset. The
pain in such a case will yield to the medicinal plaster
as a blazing room or house is readily extinguished by
means of steady watering. Such plasters not only give
comfort to the patient (by removing the pain and leading
to the absorption of the swelling), but heaves up the bed
of the sore or the ulcer and contributes to its speedy
purification and healing up (granulation). 25 —28.
In the case of a swelling brought on by the deranged
Vayu, the affected part should be washed or sprinkled
(Parisheka) with a warm lotion of clarified butter, oil,
Dhanyamla and essence of meat or with a decoction
of the drugs that tend to pacify the enraged Vayu
and to relieve the pain. A swelling due to the action of
the deranged Pitta or blood or to the effect of
a blow or poison should be washed or sprinkled
with a lotion of milk, clarified butter, honey and sugar
dissolved in water, the expressed juice of sugar-cane
and a cold decoction of the drugs of the Madhura group
(Kakolyadi-gana) and the Kshira-Vrikshas. A Kaphaja
swelling on the body should be washed or sprinkled
with a luke-warm lotion of oil, cow's urine, alkaline
solution, wine (Surd), Sukta and with a decoction of
drugs that destroy the deranged Kapha. 29— 31.
Metrical Text : —As a fire is put out by jets of
water, so the fire of the deranged morbific principles
(Doshdgni) of the body are speedily subdued and put down
by the application of (medicinal lotions) washes. 32.