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chap. XXIII ] CHIKITSA STHANaM. 479
Vihhitaka dissolved in the washings of rice, should
likewise be administered. 15.
The diet of the patient should consist of cooked
barley or wheat saturated with the unsalted soup of
Mudga pulse, cooked with Yava-kshdra, Pippali,
Maricha and S'ringavera, and prepared with only a
small quantity of oil or clarified butter. A decoction
of Vrikshaka, Arka, Naktamdla^ Nimha and Varshdhhu
should be used in effusing (Parisheka) the affected part.
It should be plastered with a compound consisting of
Sarshapa^ Suvarchald, Saindhava and S^drngasktd,
pasted together. Strong purgatives, Asth^pana
measures and applications of Sneha, Sveda and
Upau^ha should be constantly employed according to
the nature and instensity of the aggravated Doshas
involved in the case. In a case of Sotha, other than
what is the outcome or supervening symptom (Upadrava)
of any other disease, the patient should be frequently
bled by opening a vein of the locality. 16.
IVlemorabIc Verse : — A patient wishing to
get rid of an attack of Sopha i^cedematous swelling)
should refrain from taking all sorts of cakes, acid sub-
stances, liquor, clay, salts, oil, clarified butter,* water,
heavy and indigestible articles of food, sleep in the day
time, the flesh of animals other than that of the animals
of the Jdngala group and from visiting the bed of any
woman. 17.
Thus ends the Twenty-third Chapter in the Chikitsita Sthinam of the
Susruta Samhitd which deals with the medical treatment of S'opha.
• Some read »' ^^5^," .g., treacle in place of " ^im,"
«'•«., clarified
butter. This reading seems to be the correct one, inasmuch as it is
supported by all other authoritative works on Ayurveda — Ed.