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Chap, v.] CHIKITSA STHANAM. 31
be administered as potions and unguents, etc , to an
Ardita-patient. The above preparation with clarified
butter in the place of oil is known as the Kshira-
sarpih and it should be used as an Akshi-tarpana i^eye-
lotion). 31— 32.
Venesection should be duly resorted to in the affect
ed parts, according to the directions given before, in cases
of Sciatica, Gridhrasi, Vis'vachi (Synovitis of the knee-
joints), Kroshtuka-s'irah, Khanja (lameness), Pangula,
Vata-kantaka, Pada-ddha, Pada-harsha, Ava-vahuka and
Vadhiryya and in cases where the deranged Vayu would
be found to be seated in a Dhamani. Measures
and remedies laid down under the head of Vata-
vyadhi should be adopted, except in a case of
Ava-vahuka. 33.
The expressed juice of green ginger, made lukewarm
after mixing it with (equal quantities of) oil, honey and
Saindhava salt, should be poured into the cavity of the
ear in a case of (acute) ear-ache. As an alternative,
the urine of a she-goat, or oil and honey, or oil with
the urine (of a cow) mixed with the expressed juice of
Mdtulunga, pomegranate and tamarind, or the oil boiled
and prepared with Sura, Takra, Sukta, salt and
the urine (of a cow), should be poured into the cavity of
the ear ;
fomentation should be given (to the interior of
the affected organ) after the manner of Nadi-sveda.
The remedial measures for Vata-vyd,dhi should be re-
sorted to. We shall, however, revert to the subject in
the Uttara-Tantra. 34.
The patient should be made to drink a potion of
Sneha-Lavana* dissolved in an adequate quantity of
water, or the powders of the Pippalyadi group (with an
* Sneha-Lavana has been described in Chap. 4. (treatment of
Vata-vyadhi) para. 24.