Susruta Samhita - Mandhata Global

Chap. III.] CHIKITSA STHANAM. 287
powder and powder of the drugs, constituting the
Kakolyddi Gana as well as Yasthi-madhu, ManjisJithd,
Sdrivd, Kushtha, Sarja-rasa^ Mdnsi, Deva-ddru, (red)
Chandana^ and S'atapusJipd should be mixed together.
Then a quantity of cow's milk boiled with the aromatic
drugs (of the Eladi group) should be used with the pre-
ceding pulv^erised compound for the purpose of pressing
out the oil therefrom.. The oil thus pressed out* should
be boiled in four times the quantity of cow's milk with
the drugs such as Eld^ S'dlpami, Tejapatra, Jivaka,
Tagara, Rodhra, Prapaimdarika^ Kdldnusdri, (Tagara),
Saireyaka, Kshira-Viddri, Anantd, Madhulikd, S'ringd-
iaka, and those of the aforesaid list (Kakolyadi group
and Yasthi-madhu, etc., up to S'atapushpd) pasted
together. The oil should be duly cooked over a
gentle fire and is called the Gandha-Taila. This oil
should be administered with good results in possible
ways (e.g., as potions, liniments, unguents and errhines)
to a fracture-patient. Its efficacy is witnessed in cases
of convulsions, hemiplegia, parchedness or atrophy of
the palate, in Ardita (facial paralysis) as well as in
Manyd-stambha (Paralysis or stiffness of the neck),
in diseases of the head (cephalagia), in ear-ache in
Hanu-graha, in deafness and in blindness and in
emaciation due to sexual excesses. Administered in
food or drink, or employed as a liniment, in Vasti-karma
(enemata measures) or as an errhine, it acts as a
sovereign restorative. Rubbed over the neck, chest
and shoulders, it adds to the strength and expansion
of those parts of the body, makes the face fair and
lovely like a full-blown lotus and imparts a sweet
* There should be three parts of sesamum powder and one part of
(he powders of Kakolyadi, Yashti-madhu, Manjishtha, etc. (combined).
But s'iva Dasa says that four parts of sesanium-powders should be taken.