Susruta Samhita - Mandhata Global

Chap. XXVIIL] CHIKITSA STHANAM. 523
In cases of Kushtha, jaundice and abdominal
dropsy (Udara\ the medicine should be prepared by
stirring (the powdered seeds of) the Krishnd* (black
Avalguja) with the urine of a cow (instead of with
treacle) and given to the patient in doses of half a Pala
weight every morning after the sun has ceased to look
red.-f* In the afternoon the patient should be made to
partake of a meal of boiled rice with clarified butter
and unsalted A'malaka soup. A continuous use of this
medicine in the aforesaid manner for a month would
improve the memory and intellectual faculties of the user,
and enable him to witness a hundred summers on earth
in the full enjoyment of sound health. Chitraka rcots^
and Rajani ''turmeric) may be used in the same
manner and for similar purposes with this distinction that
the dose of the Chitraka-voot preparation should be two
Pala measures (instead of half a Pala as laid down in
regard to the foregoing compounds). The rest are
identical with the above. 3.
IVIanduka-parni Rasayana: The Doshas
of the system of a person should be first thoroughly
cleansed (with the help of proper emetics and purgatives,
etc.), and he should be advised to undergo the prescribed
in their proper order) He
diet of v^eya, Yavagu, etc ,
should be further advised to enter his chamber in the
prescribed manner (and to remain there during the entire
• Jejjala explains "Krishna" to mean Pippali. But both Gayi and
Dallana explain it to mean the black Avalguja. It should be mentioned,
here, thai Dallana recommends the roots of black Avalguja, but we think
that its seeds should be taken. —Ed.
t Before sunrise. —D. R.
X The roots of the Chitraka with black flowers should be taken.—
Dallana.