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Chap. VII.] CHIKITSA STHANAM. 33
and water proves beneficial in cases of Gravel (Sarkara).
The bones of the Krauncha, camel and ass, as well as
the drugs known as S'vadamshtrd,^ Tdlamuli, Ajamodd^
Kadamha-xoo^s and Ndgara pounded together and ad-
ministered through the vehicle of wine (Sura) or hot
water, leads to the disintegration of Sarkara (gravel).
The milk of an ewe mixed with powdered Trikantaka-
seeds and honey should be used for seven days for the
disintegration and separation of an As'mari. ^-J.
Alkaline Treatments:— An alkali should be
prepared from the ashes of the drugs used in the prepara-
tion of the aforesaid medicated clarified butters, by dis-
solving and filtering them in ewe's urine The alkali should
then be slowly boiled with an alkali similarly prepared
from the dung of domestic animals, with the powders of
Trikatu and the drugs of the Ushakddi group thrown
into them as an after-throw. It proves curative in cases
of stone, Gulma, and gravel. Alkalies-}* from burnt bark
of sesamum, Apdmdrga^ plantain, Paids'a and barley
taken with the urine of an ewe destroy the gravel
(S'arkara). As an alternative, the alkalies oi Pdtald and
Karavira should be used in the preceding manner. 8-9.
Two Tola (Aksha) weights of the pastes of S'va-
damstrd, Yashti-madhii and Brdhmi (mixed with ewe's
urine) should be given to the patient ; or the expressed
juice of the Edakd, S'obhdujana and Mdrkava (with the
said urine) should be given, or a potion consisting of the
pasted roots of the Kapotavamka with Kanjika, or Sura,
etc., should be administered. Milk boiled with the afore-
said drug (Kapotavamka) should be taken by a patient
* Some explain it as "Gokshura-seeds" and others as * Markataka-
seeds."
t Four or six Tola weight of an alkali should be dissolved and filtered
for a number of times before use.