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Chap. XXIII. CHIKITSA STHANAM. 477
well as the one which first occurs at either ^the upper or
lower) half of the body and tends to extend upward.
A case of swelling attended with dyspnoea, thirst,
weakness, fever, vomiting, hiccough, dysentery, colic
(S'ula , and
a want of relish for food is extremely hard
to cure and soon proves fatal. 10 11.
We shall now proceed to describe their general and
specific remedies. The use of acids, salts, milk, curd,
treacle, lard, water, oil, clarified butter, cakes and all
kinds of heavy !^in digestion) edibles should be refrained
from in all the types of oedema (S'opha). 12-13.
The Special Treatment of ^opha :—
Traivrita (Ghrita) or castor oil should be administered
for a month or a fortnight to the patient suffering from
the Vattaja type of oedema (Sophai. Clarified butter
cooked with the decoction of the drugs of the Nyagro-
dhddi and the Aragvadhddi groups should be respec-
tively prescribed in the Pittaja and Kaphaja types.
In the Sanuipataja type, the patient should be made
to drink a potion of clarified butter cooked
with a Pdtra* measure of the milky exudation of the
Snuhi plant and twelve Patra measures of fermented
rice gruel (Kinjika) with an adequate quantity of
Danti as a Kalka. The remedy in regard to a swelling
due to the action of poison (Vishaja) imbibed into the
system will be duly described in the Kalpa Sthanam. 14.
The general remedies :—Now we shall
describe the general remedies (which are applicable in
cases of Sotha). Any of the four Ghritas ending with
the Tilvaka Ghrita which have already been mentioned
under the treatment of Udara would prove remedial
in a case of Svayathu ((Edematous Swelling). The
use of (ihe officinal) urine and the applications of the
* A Patra measure is equal to eight seers