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380 THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA. [Chap. Xll.
in their train, venesection as well as the aforesaid
remedies and measures should be resorted to in such
cases. 3.
The swelling increases in size attended with exces-
sive pain and burning sensation, if the aforesaid remedies
be not employed at this stage of the disease. Surgical
operations and other remedial measures, described in
connection with abscesses or inflammatory swellings
(Vrana) in general, should be resorted to in such cases.
If these be not done (at this stage), the pus eats into
the deeper tissues of the locality, creates large cavities
in its inside, and is accumulated there and the abscess
(Vrana) becomes incurable. * Hence a case of Prameha
should be remedied at its very outset, 4-6.
Dhanvantara Chrita :—Ten Pala weight of
each of these drugs, viz., Bhalldtaka, Vilva, Ambu, roots
of Pippali, Vdakiryyd, Prakiryyd^, Varskdbhu, Punar-
navd\, Chitraka, S'athi, Snuhi, Varunaka, Ptishkara,
Danti and Haritaki and one Prastha measure of each
of the following, viz., barley, Kola and Kulattha pulse
should be boiled with a Drona measure of water. The
decoction should be boiled down to its quarter part,
removed from the fire, and strained. It should then be
cooked with a Prastha measure (four seers) of clarified
butter with half a Pala weight of each of the following
drugs, viz., Vachd, Trivrit, Kampilla, Bhdrgi, Nichula,
S'unthi, Gaja-Pippali^ Vidanga and S'irisha as Kalka.
* On the failure of the above treatment it would spontaneously burst
out and secrete pus and force its way inside, which would lead gradually
to widen its mouth or fissure, and help its running into an incuiable
stage.— Dallana.
t "Udakirya and Prakirya" are the two kinds of Karanja.
X "Varshabhu and Punarnava" are the two kinds of- Punarnava
(/.f., red and white).