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Chap, IX.] CHIKITSA STHANAM. 361
A Kushtha-patient desirous of being perfectly cured
should constantly use preparations of Khadira in his
drinks, food, bath, etc. Khadira, if properly used, is
potent enough to curb the virulence of the disease in
the same proportion as the latter is in invading the
successive strata of the human organism and ultimately
in bringing on the death of the patient. IJ
The paring of the nails and shaving the hair off, light
physical exercise, the use of wholesome food, regularity
in using medicines, abstinence from wine, women and
meat-diet arc the rules of conduct which should be
strictly observed by a patient affected with Kushtha.
With the strict observance of the above rules a Kushtha-
patient may be expected to recover. 38.
Thus ends the ninth Chapter of the Chikitsita Sthdnam in the
Sus'ruta Samhila which deals with the medical treatment of Kushtha.
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