Susruta Samhita - Mandhata Global

i258 THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA. tChap. I.
mixed with this powder, and applied to the white
cicatrix. Similarly, the oily essence of the piths of
some kinds of wood, as well as of some kinds of fruit
{Phala-snehd) prepared in the manner of the Bhalldtaka
oil (and mixed with the powdered ashes of hoofs) should
be used for the blackening of a cicatrix. 82-83.
PandU-karana :—The natural and healthy
colour (Pdndu) of the surrounding skin should be im-
parted to a cicatrix which has assumed a black colour
owing to the defective or faulty healing up of the sore in
the following manner. The fruit of the J?6'/^/;22* should be
immersed in goat's milk for seven nights and, afterwards
finely pasted with the same milk, should be applied
to the skin. This measure is called Pandu-karana
(imparting a yellow or natural skin-colour to the
cicatrix). To attain the same result, the powder of a
new earthen pot, Vetasa roots, S'dla roots, Sulphate of
iron, and Madhiika (Yashti-madhu) pasted together with
honey may be used. As an alternative, the hollow rind
of the Kapittha fruit, from which the pulp has been
removed, should be filled with the urine of a goat to-
gether with Kdsisa (Sulphate of iron), Rochand, Tuttham
(Sulphate of copper). Hariidla, Manahs'ild, scrapings
of raw bamboo skin, Prapunnada (seeds of Chakunde),
and Rasanjana and buried a month beneath the roots
of an Arjuna tree after which it should be taken out
and applied to the black cicatrix. The shell of a hen's
egg, Kataka, Madhuka, (Yashti-madhu), sea-oysters and
crystals-j- (pearls according to Jejjata and Brahmadeva)
taken in equal parts should be pounded and pasted with
• Rohini, according to some cornmentators, means a kind of Plaritaki ;
according to others, it means Katu-tumbi.
t Burnt ashes of sea-oysters and pearls etc., should be used.