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Chap. XXIX ] CHIKITSA STHANAM. 535
juice of the A'malaka should be invariably mixed with
any kind of Yusha or supa (he may take\ Soup and
black sesamum seeds boiled with milk and Yashti-
inadhu should be used (in the preparation of the food).
These rules of diet and conduct should be observed for
ten consecutive days. 7 C.
The patient should stay in the second (outer)
chamber for a second ten days. Then he should be
made to come out and enter the third outmost) chamber
(veranda) and to remain there for ten days with a quiet
control over the mip.d and should be allowed to take
a short exposure to the sun and wind during this
period (of ten days). He should then be made to re
enter again the inner compartment. 7 D.
The patient should not contemplate himself in a
mirror during this time owing to his enhanced personal
beauty and renounce all passions and anger for a further
period of ten days. This rule holds good in respect of
all kinds of Soma ; but there is this distinction that the
Soma plants which are found to trail upon the ground
or grow as small shrubs or in bushes should (themselves)
be taken (instead of their expressed juice being drunk)
and a dose of these would be four Mushtis* and a
half. 7.
The expressed juice of the Ams'umdn '^Soma) should
be pressed and taken in a golden pot and that of the
Chandramdh (Soma) in a silver one. By its use a man is
sure to develop the eight godly powers t and is thus able
to imitate the god Is'dna. The expressed juice of a
Soma plant belonging to any other species should be
• A Mushti measure is equal to eight Tolas.
t The eight godly powers, according to some authorities, are : —
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