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Chap. IV.] CIIIKITSA STIIANAM, 291
would be found to have been confined in any parti u'ar
part of the body,* 10-12.
In the event of the aggravated Vayu being connected
either with the Pitta or the Kapha, such a course of treat-
ment should be adopted as would not be hostile to the
two other Doshas. Blood-letting (in small quantities)
should be resorted to several times in a case of
complete genesthesia (Supta-Vata) and the body should
be anointed with oil mixed with salt and chamber-dust
(Agara-dhuma) Milk boiled with a decDction of the
drugs of the Pancha-mula group, acid-fruits (Phalamla),
meat-soup or soup of (well-cooked) corn (Dhanya)
with clarified butter are beneficial in cases of Vata-
roga, 13-15.
^alvana-Upanaha :— A poultice composed
of the drugs of the K^.kolyadi group, the Vayu-sub-
duing drugs (those of Bhadra-darvddi and Vidari-
gandhadi groups), and all kinds of acid articlesf (such as,
Kanjika, Sauvira, fermented rice-gruel, etc.), the flesh of
animals which live in swamps (Anupa) or in water
(Audaka)l, oil, clarified butter and all kinds of
lardaceous substances, mixed together and saturated
with a profuse quantity of salt and then slightly heated
is known by the name of Salvana. A person suffering
from any form of Vata roga should be always treated
with such Salvana poultices (Upanaha). The poultice
should be applied to such part of the body as is
"
It is to be understood that measures and remedies laid down
under the head of Sarvanga-gata should be used when the Vayu
would be found to be diffused throughout the whole organism instead of
being confined to any specific part.
t According to others it means all kinds of acid- fruits, etc.
X Chakradatta reads "^IT^qfliH: fln^^:" (well-cooked with the fle.h
of "Anupa" animals) in place of ^|T