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430 THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA. [Chap. XVIII.
not (otherwise) resolved and absorbed should be cut open
even in its non-suppurated stage and the glands
removed. The expert surgeon should then cauterize the
incidental wound after the cessation of the bleeding and
treat it in the manner * of the Sadyo-Vrana treatment.
These remedies should be employed by the experienced
physician, where the swelling would be found to have
assumed a large, stiff, elevated and fleshy aspect
(bulging from the deeper tissues of the flesh). A
Kaphaja Granthi should be opened with an incision as
soon as it becomes fully suppurated and should then be
washed with a decoction of appropriate medicinal
drugs. The incidental ulcer should be purified (disin-
fected) with a purifying remedy prepared with a
profuse quantity of Yava-kshara, honey and clarified
butter ; and finally it should be healed up by the
application of an oil, cooked with Vidanga, PdtJid and
RoJiiui. y-g.
Treatment of lYIedoja Granthi :~ln a
case of Medoja Granthi (originated from the vitiated
condition of the bodily fat) a plaster of pasted sesamum,
placed inside the folds of a piece of linen, should
be applied to the seat of the affected part and fomen-
tations with hot iron- rods should be frequently applied,
inasmuch as application of heat (lit.— fire) is efiicacious
in such cases. As an alternative, the affected part
should be fomented with a ladle, pasted with heated
shellac (Liksha). The Granthi (in its non-suppurated
stage) should be opened by an incision and the
fat removed ; the incidental ulcer should then be
(actually) cauterized. On the other hand, the Granthi,
when fully suppurated, should be incised and washed
with the urine (of a cow). Then a paste, composed of
• Applications of honey, clarified butter, etc.