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Specific Treatment :—Now we shall de-
scribe the medical remedies which should be specially
used in anointing (the affected parts in these diseases).
Drugs, such as Khara-Manjari, Yashti-jnadhu. Saindhava,
Deva-ddni, As'va-gandhd and the seeds oS. Mulaka
and of Avalguja should bs pasted together and cooked
with a compound of milk, oil, clarified butter, lard,
marrow and wax. This preparation should be applied
lukewarm to the affected lobe in a case of the Pari-
potaka type. lo-ii.
Manj'ishthd, Sesamum, Yashti-madhu, Sdrivd,
Utpala, Padma-kdshtha, Rodlira, Kadamba and the
tender leaves of the Vald, Jambii and Amra (mango)
should be cooked together with (an adequate quantity of)
oil and Dhanyamla ^Kanjika). This oil proves curative
in a case of Utpata. 12.
Similarly (a medicated) oil cooked with Tdla patri,
As'va-gandhd, Arka, Vdkuchi-SQ.&di, Saindhava, Sarald*
Ldngali, lard of a Karkata (crab) and of a Godha (a
kind of lizard), proves beneficial in cases of Unmantha.
The affected lobes should be washed (Sechana) with
a decoction of the leaves of the As'tnantaka, Jamhu and
Amra (in such cases). 13.
In a case of Parileiii, the affected lobe (Pali) should
b2 dusted with powdered Prapaimdarika, Yashti-
madhii, Matijishthd and the two kinds of Haridvd after
lubricating it with the oil cooked with the Kalkas of
Ldkshd and Vidanga. It should be as well fomented
with heated cow-dung and plastered with the lukewarm
pastes of Vidanga alone, or in combination with Trivrit,
etc., should be resorted to in cases of the afteclion being due to the
concerted action of the vitiated blood and the Pitta-
* Sarala here means Dhupa-kashtha, according to Dallana.
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