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473 THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA. I
[Chap. XIII
(medicated) Vartis are likewise recommended. The
patient should be made to take every day the
medicine known as the Naviyasa* through the
medium of honey. He should be made to take a
Dharana weight of the compound of powdered
Vidanga, Ativishd, Kutaja-itmi, Bkadra-ddru, N&gara
and Markka in tepid water. Trikatu, Yava-kshdra
and powdered iron should be mixed together and
administered through the mediun of the decoction
of Jriphald ; or, cow's milk and cow's urine, in
equal proportions should bs taken. As an alternative,
treacle and Haritaki mixed in equal proportions should
be administered. Deva-ddru and 5 unthi\ may be given ;
or Guggulu :! dissolved in cow's urine or in the
decoction of Varshdhhu. Equal parts of treacle
and Sringavera\ may as well be prescrfbed ; or the
roots of the Varshdbhu pasted with the decoction of the
same drug and mixed A^ith powdered S'unthi dissolved
in milk should be given to the patient every day for a
month. He should take Mudga pulse fried with the
clarified butter prepared by cooking it with the decoc-
tion of Trikatu and Varshdbhu. Milk boiled with
Pippali, Pippali-xoois, Chavya^ Chitraka^ Mayura (Ap4-
mdrga) and Varshdbhu, or with Sunthi and Surangi-
roots, or with Trikatu, Eranda-roots and S'ydmd-too\Sy
or with Varshdbhu, S'unthi, Sahd and Deva-ddru
should be given to the patient. A paste of Aldvu and
* See Chapter XXII, para. lo, Chikitsita-sthlnatn.
t Some commentators explain that the compound of Deva-ddru and
S'unthi also should be taken through the medium of cow's urine or the
decoction of Varshdbhu.
X According to Chakradatta's reading, Deva-daru, S'unthi and
Guggulu should be taken together with cow's urine.
§ The S'ringavera in this compound may be either fresh or
dried.—Ed.