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Chap, v.] CHIKITSA STHANAM. 309
diet and regimen and who can afford to pay for the
necessary accessories. The affected part should be first
anointed and then fomented. Mild emetics and
purgatives should be subsequently employed for the
purpose of cleansing the system. Medicated Anuvasana
and Asthapana measures should then be employed, after
which the general directions and remedial measures,
laid down under the treatment of Akshepaka, should
be followed and employed at the proper time Appli-
cations of the Mastikya-Siro-vasti with the Anu-taila for
anointing the body, of the articles of Salvana-Sveda
for the purpose of poulticing, and of the Vala-taila as an
Anuvasana measure, are the marked features of the
medical treatment of this disease, and should be followed
carefully for a continuous period of three or four
months. 28-
These preceding remedies as well as dr\' fomenta-
tions (Ruksha-sveda) and errhines, which possess
the virtue of subduing the deranged Vayu and
Kapha should be likewise employed in cases of Manya-
stambha. 29
Treatment of Apatantraka -.—Fasting
is prohibited in cases of patients suffering from Apa-
tantraka (Apoplectic convulsions). Emetic, Asthapana
and Anuvasana measures are likewise forbidden. The
passage of respiration should be blown open by violent
breathings in the event of its being choked up with an
accumulation of the deranged Vayu and Kapha. The
patient should be made to drink a potion consisting of
Tumbtiru^ Pushkara, Hingii, Amla-vetasa, Haritaki and
the three (officinal) kinds of salts, with a decoction
of barley.* As an alternative, four seers of clarified
* Chakradatta quotes this in the chapter on the treatment of colic
(s'ula), but does not read 'Amla-vetasa' there.