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Chap. XVIII.] CHIKITSA STHANAM. 43
sesamum, Stwarchikd, Haritdla and rock-salt, pounded
together and mixed with honey, clarified butter and an
abundant quantity of Yava-kshara, should be applied
to the incidental wound for purifying purposes. Oil,
cooked with the two kinds of Karanja, Gunjci, the
green scrapings of bamboo, Ingudi and the urine * of a
cow, should be used to heal the ulcer. lo-ii.
Treatment of Apachi :— Clarified butter
cooked with the fruit of Jimiitaka and Kosha-vati,
and with (the roots of) Danti, Dravanti and Trivrit,
is a very powerful and efficacious remedy.-f Adminis-
tered internally as well as externally, it leads to the
cure of the advanced cases of Apachi. 12.
A strong emetic composed of Nirgundi, Jdti (flower)
and Varihistha (Vala) together wxih Jmititaka profusely
,
mixed with honey and Saindhava, should be given
warm to the patient. It is a very powerful emetic,
and leads to the recovery of even a malignant form
of Apachi. An oil, cooked with the pastes (Kalka) of
Kaitaryya, \ Vinibi and Karavira, may be profitably used
as an errhine (Siro-virechana). Oil cooked with the
expressed juice of S'akJioiaka may also be used profit-
ably as an errhine. § Avapida errhines (used in drops
* Cow's urine measuring four times the oil should be taken in
the preparation of this medicated oil.
t In preparing this medicated Ghrita, the quantity of ciariSed
butter should be taken four times as much as the combined weight of
the Kalka (paste). These should be boiled with water, taken four times
as much as the quantity of clarified butter. Some authorities, however,
are of opinion that both the paste (Kalka) and the decoction of the drugs
are to be taken in its preparation.
X Some read 'Nirgundi' after it.
§ This medicated oil should be cooked without any Kalka. But some
are of opinion that both the decoction and the Kalka of S'akhotaka should
be used.