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422 THE. SUSHRUTA SAMHITA. [Chap. XVII.
Treatment of Kaphaja Nadi:— In a case
of the Kaphaja type of the Nadi, the sinus should be duly
poulticed Upanaha)with Kulaitha, white mustard seeds,
S'aktu and Kinva. When softened by its application,
the direction ©f the sinus (with the help of a director)
should be first ascertained ;
and an expert surgeon should
then open it fully with a knife and plaster it with a com-
pound composed of Nimba, sesamum, Samdhava salt and
Saurdshtra-mrittikd. A decoction (Sva-rasa-lit.— express-
ed juice") of the Karanja- Nimba, Jdti, Aksha and Pilu
should be used in washing the incidental ulcer. Oil duly
cooked with Siivarchikd, Saifidhava, Cliitraka, Nikum-
bha, Tdli^ Nala, Riipikd and Apdindrga-sztds and with
cow's urine should be used for healing purposes, 14.
Treatment of ^alyaja Nadi :— in a case
of Salyaja Nadi (incidental to any foreign matter into
the body», the Salya should be first extracted by an
incision into the sinus. Then having fully cleansed the
channel, the ulcer should be purified with a plaster of
se'^amum profusely saturated with honey and clarified
butter. It should b3 then healed up. Oil cook.d with
the decoction of the tender fruits of the Kumbhika,
Kharjura, KapittJia, Viha and the Vanaspatis iVata,
etc.), and with the Kalkas of Mustd, Sarald, Priyangii.
Sugandhikd, Mocharasa, i* Ahi-pushpa (Ndgesvara),
Rodhra and Dkdtaki flowers leads to a speedy healing
up (granulation) of ulcers (Vrana) and traumatic
sinuses. 15.
* Dallana's reading evidently is "Tali-lala" and he explains it as
the roots of "Bhumyiimalaki". Chakradatta also prescribes this oil but he
takes "Nilika" instead of "Tali". S'ivadasa, again, in his commentary
quotes from Sus'ruia but reads "Nili-Nala' in place of "Tala-Nala."
t "Mocha-rasa" is explained by Dallana to be "S'obh^njana," but it
generally means "S'almali-veshta,"and S'ivada>a explains it as such. —Ed.