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Chap. XIV.] CHIKITSA STHANAM. 397
two Pala weight of the milky juice of the Mahd-vriksha,
eight Pala weight of cow's milk and eight Pala weight of
cow's urine, should be cooked* with a Prastha measure
(four seers) of clarified butter. The medicated Ghrita, thus
prepared, should be given in convenient doses to the
patient for the period of a month or a fortnight. 13.
The aforesaid three Ghritas (Haritaki-Ghrita, Maha-
vriksha-Ghrita and Chavyadi-Ghrita) and the Tilvaka-
Ghrita (mentioned in the chapter dealing with Vata-
vyadi) should be employed, whenever purgatives would
be necessary in cases of Udara, internal tumour (Gulma),
abscess, AshthiU, Anaha, Kushtha, insanity and
epilepsy, 14.
Constant use of (cow's) urine or (any kind of) Asava,
Arishta or wine, cooked with the milky exudation of
Mahd-vrikshd, -f"
is recommended. A decoction of
purgative drugs, thickened with an admixture, in
copious quantity, of powdered S'unthi and Deva-ddru,
may be used with advantage in this desease.
Anaha Varti;— APala weight of the emetic
and purgative drugs and the same weight of the fine
powders of the drugs of each of the Vachddi^. Pippalyddi
and the Haridrddi group, and all the officinal kinds of
salt should be mixed (with four or eight times that of) the
urine (of a cow, buffalo, etc.). Then this immixture) com-
pound should be boiled and cooked over a gentle fire with
a Prastha measure of the milky juice of Mahd-vriksha
* In ihe absence of any mention about the quantity of water to be
added, four times as much of water should be added for the completion of
the preparation according to the general maxim. — Ed.
+ Dallana explains the sentence as follows :
Asavas, Arishtas and Suras should be prepared with urine (instead of
the liquid i.e., water) and the milky exudation of Maha-vriksha (as an
after-throw), and should be constantly used.