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CHAPTER XXL
Now we shall discourse on the medical treatment of
the Sores on the penis produced by the Suka, a kind of
poisonous insect (^'uka-Rog*a). r.
Treatment of Sarshapi, etc. :— in a
case of the Sarshapi type of the disease, the affected
(ulcerated) part should be scarified and dusted with
the (powdered) drugs of an astringent taste (as de-
scribed in the Mis'raka chapter), and an oil, cooked with
(the Kalka and decoction of) the same drugs, should be
applied for healing purposes. In a case of the Ashthi-
likai type of the disease, the skilful physician should
apply leeches to the seat of affection. In case the swelling
does not still subside, it should be removed and treated
as a Kaphaja Granthi (glandular swelling). A Granthi
type of the disease should be constantly fomented in the
manner of Nadi-Sveda, and should be poulticed with a
lukewarm medicitial compound mixed with a profuse
quantity of Sneha (oil). 2-4.
Treatment of Kumbhik£(, etc. :— An
incision should be made into the suppurated seat of
affection in a case of the KumbhikSk type of the disease,
and the incidental ulcer should be purified (disinfected)
and healed up with the application of the oil, cooked
with Triphald, Lod/ira, Tindtika and Amrdtaka^ In
the Alaji type of the disease, the affected part should
be bled by applying leeches to it and should then be
affused with a decoction of th'^ astringent drugs. An
* S iva-dasa in his commentary on Chikra-datta quotes this couplet
from Sus'ruta, but there he reads ^rW§i?f7T in place of ^?57fT%'T; '^at is to
say, he says that A'^mra should be used in place of Amrataka. He
fuither adds that the stones of Amra and Tinduka fruits should be taken.