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Chap. XVIL] CHIKITSA STHANaM. 425
(mother ov wet-nurse) by the physician ; and in the
evening a draught composed of the decoction of Nimba,
mixed with honey and Mdgadhikd, should be given
lo her for emetic purposes. Next day she should
take a meal (of boiled rice) with the soup (Yusha)
of Mudga pulse. The use of emetics should be
continued for three, four, or six days ; or she
should be made to drink a potion of clarified butter
(cooked) with Triphald. A decoction of Bhdrgi,
Ativishd, Vachd, Sura-ddru, Pdthd, the drugs of the
Mustddi Gana, Murvd and Katu-rohini, or that of the
drugs of the Aragvadhddi group mixed with honey,
should be given to the Dhatri ^wet-nurse) for the purifi-
cation of her breast-milk. 26.
The above are the general remedial measures which
are to be adopted in the affections of breast-milk. Any
other defect in the breast-milk should be corrected
specially with an eye to the nature of the Dosha
involved in the case. In cases of inflammatory
swellings of the beasts, the physician shou'd remedy
them by means of any one of the various measures laid
down under the heai of Vidradhi with a due considera-
tion to the requirements of each particular case. Medici-
nal remedies should only be internally employed and no
poultices should be applied for the speedy suppuration
of the swelling of the breast, even if found to have al-
ready commenced to suppurate ; since the breasts are of
an extremely soft and fleshy growth, any tight banda-
ging about those parts may be followed by local slough-
ing or even bursting. In a case where suppuration had
already taken place, an operation should be made
in the affected part, avoiding the milk-carrying veins
as well as the nipple with its black surroundings.
In all the cases of Stan a-V id rad hi— whether
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