Susruta Samhita - Mandhata Global

3l8 THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA. [Chap. VI.
sprays of cold water, or, according to some authorities,
with warm water. Then the patient should be made to
lie in a spacious chamber, not exposed to the blasts of
cold winds (specially), and advised as regards his diet and
regimen Each of the remaining polypii, if any, should
be cauterized with the alkaline application at an interval
of seven days. In case of a number of polypii, those
on the right side should be first cauterized and then
those on the left, and after that those on the posterior
side ; and lastly those that would be found to be in
front. 3.
Polypii, having their origin in the deranged V^yu and
Kapha, should be cauterized with fire or alkali ; while
those, which are the outcome of the deranged Pitta and
vitiated blood should be treated with a mild alkali alone.
A perfect and satisfactory cauterization (Samyag'-
dag^dha) of a polypus should be understood from such
symptoms as, restoration of the bodily Vdyu to its
normal condition, relish for food, keenness of the appe-
tite, lightness of the body and improvement in strength,
complexion and pleasure. An over-cauterized (Ati-
dagdha) polypus gives rise to such symptoms as,
cracking of the region of the anus, a burning sensation
(in the affected locality), fainting, fever, thirst, and
profuse haemorrhage (from the rectum), and consequent
complications ;
while an insufficiently cauterized (Hina-
dagdha) polypus is known by its tawny brown colour,
smallness of the incidental ulcer, itching, derangement
of the bodily Vdyu, discomforts of the cognitive organs
and a non-cure of the disease. 4.
A large polypus, appearing in a strong person, should
be clipped off (with a knife) and cauterized with fire.
As regards an external polypus full of extremely
aggravated Doshas (Vdyu, Pitta, Kapha and blood) no