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448 THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA. [Chap. XIX.
of Katuka, Amritd, S'tcnthiy Vidanga, Deva-ddru and
Chitraka, or with Chitraka and Deva-ddru. An oil
cooked with Vidanga, Markka, Arka, S'unihi, Chitraka^
Deva-ddru, Elakd and all the five officinal kinds of salt
should be given him as a potion. Cooked barley is
specially recommended as diet in the present case. 25.
As an alternative, the patient should be made to
drink a potion of mustard oil* or of the expressed juice
of the leaves of Puti-Karanja according to his capacity
for the cure of Slipada. In the same way-j- the juice of
Puiranjivaka should be prescribed by a physician
after a due consideration as to the strength of the
patient and of the time. The same juice {i.e., of Putran-
jivaka) should be taken along with the juice of the
bulbs of Kechuka with Pakima (vit) salt. 26.
The Alkaline Remedies :— An alkali
should be prepared from the ashes of Kdkddani, Kdkajanghd^
Vrihati, Kantakdrikd, Kadamha-pushpa, Mandd-
ri, Larnhd Sukanasd in the usual way by filtering them
(twenty one times) after dissolving them in cow's urine.
The expressed juice of Kdkodumharikd , Sukanasd
and
the decoction of Madana fruit should be mixed with
the above alkaline preparation Cand duly cooked in the
manner of Kshdra-pdka). Diseases, such as Slipada
* Chakradatta reads "fqtrT ^^i;^ ^^f" i" P'^^^ °f "f^?T ^^^ ^^"
^" which shows that the expressed juice of Puti-Karanja leaves should
be taken with nvistard oil and not separately. Dallana evidently supports
this in his cittrnentary. That Chakradatta's reading is the correct one is
also evident from the next copulet which says that the expressed juice of
Putranjivaka should be taken in the preceding manner. This "preceding
manner" evidently means "with mustard oil", and unless' we accept
Chakradatta's reading, the expression would be unmeaning.— Ed.
+ It evidently means that the expressed juice of Putranjivaka should
be taken with mustard oil— see last note. — Ed.