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410 THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA. [Chap. XV.
Eld, Kdldmisdrivd, Mdnsi, S'aileya, Teja-patra, Tagara,
S'drivd, Vachd, S'atdvari, As'va-gandhd, S'dta-pushpd
and Punarnavd. After the completion of its cooking
the oil should be kept carefully in a golden, silver, or
earthen pitcher with its mouth well-stoppered. This oil
is known as the Vala-Taila and proves curative in all
diseases due to the action of the deranged Vayu. A
newly delivered woman should use this oil in adequate
doses, according to her physical condition. Women
wishing to be mothers and men seeking the blessings
of fatherhood should use this Taila, which proves
equally beneficial in cases of an emaciation of the body
due to the action of the deranged Vayu, weariness of
the body through hard labour, and also in cases of hurt
or injury to any vital and vulnerable part of the body
(Marma), in cases of fractured bones, convulsions, Vata-
Vyadhi, hiccough, cough, Adhimantha, Gulma and
dyspnoea. A case of hernia would likewise yield to the
continuous use of this oil for six months. The essential
and vital principles (Dhatus) of the organism of a man
are strengthened through its use and his youth will
suffer no decay. It should be used alike by kings^ king-
like and wealthy persons, as well as by those of a
delicate and ease-loving temperament. 15— B.
The Vala-Kalpa :— Seeds of sesamum
should be successively soaked a number of times in a
decoction of Vald roots* and then dried (in the manner
of a Bhavana saturation). The oil pressed out of such
sesamum should be successively cooked a hundred times
with the decoction of Va/d-roots. This being done, the
oil should hd poured into an earthen pitcher and the
* Vala wou'd be the Kalka in this oil, says Dallana. But he also says
that some authorities hold that the Kalkas used in the Vala-Taila should
be used as the Kalka in this oil as well.