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370 THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA. [Chap. X.
remedy and a conformity to the foregoing diet for a
month would lead to a radical cure of any type of
Kushtha. 17.
Oils pressed out of black sesamum and Bhalldtaka,
clarified butter, the expressed juice of Amalaka and
the decoction of the drugs of the S'dla-sdrddi group,
each weighing a Drona measure, and a Pala weight
of each of the following drugs, viz., Triphald, Trikatu,
the pith or marrow of Parusha fruit, Vidanga seed,
Chitraka, Arka, Avalguja, Haridrd, Ddru-haridrd,
Trivrit, Danti, Indra-yava, Yashti-madku, Ativishd,
Rasdnjana and Priyangu, should be boiled together
in the manner of cooking medicated oil, etc. (Sneha-
paka Vidh^na). When well cooked, this medicated com-
pound should be strained (through a piece of clean linen)
and carefully preserved (in an earthen pitcher with its
mouth well closed with a lid). The system of the patient
should be well cleansed (with appropriate emetics
and purgatives) and a Pala weight of this preparation,
mixed with honey, should be given to him every
morning. After the digestion of this medicine, he
should be made to take a light meal of rice well cooked
with a decoction of the Khadira-wood and mixed with
clarified butter, and the soup (Yusha) of Amalaka or
Mudga unseasoned with salt. A Drona measure (of this
compound), gradually taken in the aforesaid manner by
a patient taking a (light) decoction* of Khadira (instead
of water), would ensure a speedy recovery from all
types of Kushtha and enable the patient to witness a
hundred summers (on earth) in the full enjoyment of
sound health and intellect. 18.
* The decoction of Khadira-wood for drink should be prepared after
the manner of Shadanga-paniya preparation.— Ed.