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324 THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA. [Chap. VI.
added to it by way of an after-throw ; or he should take
every morning one or two Palas of black sesamum
(according as required), with cold water. These
measures prove remedial in cases of haemorrhoids and
tend to improve the digestion. 13.
Dantyarishta :—A Tula weight* (twelve seers
and a half) of the following drugs, ^^z., Das'a-mula,
Danti, Chitraka and Haritaki should be boiled with
four Drona measures of water till reduced to one quarter
part (one Drona). The decoction, thus prepared, should
be cooled down, filtered, mixed with a Tula measure of
treacle and preserved into a receptacle which formerly
contained clarified butter, which should then be
kept buried for a month in a heap of unthrashed
barley At the close of this period an adequate dose
of this preparation should be given to the patient
every morning. This medicine proves beneficial in
cases of haemorrhoids, chronic diarrhoea (Grahani),
jaundice, obstinate constipation of the bowels (Udavartta)
and in an aversion to food. It is also a good stomachic
agent.
Abhay^riShtat :—Two Pala weight of each
of the following drugs, viz., Pippali, Maricha, Vidanga,
Elavdlukd and Lodhra, five \ Pala weight of Indra-
vdruni, ten Pala weight of the inner pulps of the Kapittha
fruit, half a Prastha measure (one Prastha is equal
to two seers) of Haritaki and one Prastha weight of
Amalaki, boiled together with four Drona measures of
* Some are of opinion that one Tula weight of each of the drugs
should be taken ;
but Gayadasa does not say so.
t Charaka also reads this under the name of Abhayarishta.
J Experienced physicians recommend two and a half Pala weight of
Indra-Vdruni in lieu of five Palas for its astringent taste. Charaka,
however, recommepds only "half a Pala."