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256 THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA. tChap. 1.
vorous animals should be taken in the proper manner by
the patient, inasmuch as meat properly partaken of in
a calm and joyful frame of mind adds to the bodily flesh
of its partaker. ^6.
Avasadana (destruction of super-growths) :
Proper drugs or articles (such as sulphate of copper,
etc.) powdered and pasted with honey should be applied
for destroying the soft marginal growths of an ulcer
found to be more elevated than the surrounding surface
of the affected locality. 77.
lYI rid U- Karma (softening) :— In respect of
indurated and fleshless (not seated in a part of the body
where flesh abounds) ulcers marked by a deranged
condition of Vayu, softening measures (with the
help of repeated applications of lotions and plasters
composed of sweet and demulcent substances mixed
with salt in a tepid or luke-warm state) and blood-
letting* should be resorted to. Sprinkling (Seka) and
application of clarified butter or oil prepared with the
Vayu-subduing drugs should also be resorted to. 78.
Daruna-karma:—The employment of harde-
ning measures (Daruna-karma) is efficacious in con-
nection with soft ulcers and in the following man-
ner. Barks of Dhava, Priyangu, As'oka, Rohini,
Triphala, DJidtaki flowers, LodJira and Sarjarasa, taken
in equal parts and pounded into fine powders, should be
strewn over the ulcer, i.e., the ulcer should be dusted
with the same. 79.
Kshara- Karma (Potential cauterization): —
The measure of applying alkali should be adopted for the
* Blood-lettinT should be resorted to in the event of any vitiated
blood being found to have been involved in the case ; but in the event of
a similar participation of any deranged Kapha, oils and lotions composed
of the Vayu-dcstroying drugs should be made use of.
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