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552 THE SUSHRUtA SAMHITA. [Chap. XXXI.
of fat, as well as in cases of worms (in the intestines)
and incarcerated flatus (wind in the abdomen), or when
the patient is found to be habituated to the internal
use of any oil, or seeks the firmness of his body
(muscles). The use of lard is recommended to persons
emaciated with over-fatiguing physical labour, or to
persons whose blood and semen are greatly diminished
or to those suffering from an attack of Mahd-vyddhi
(due to the vitiated condition of the blood), or to
persons of a voracious appetite (Mahdgni, or of Vdtaja
(nervous) temperament, as well as to those possessed
of great physical strength. Th3 use of marrow or of
medicated Ghritas mixed with appropriate drugs is
beneficial to men of strong digestive capacity (Dipta-
vahni\ or to those afflicted with a deranged Vayu, or
to those whose bowels are not easily moved, or who
are capable of undergoing a large amount of physical
hardship. Clarified butter, without any other thing
added thereto, should be administered in the affections of
the deranged Pitta ; whereas it should be mixed with
salt before use in the diseases due to the action of the
deranged Vayu and with the admixture of Yava-kshdra
and powdered Trikatu in the affections of the aggra-
vated and deranged Kapha. Oil or clarified butter
should be administered through the medium of one,
two or more of the sixty three different combinations*
of the (six different) Rasas (flavour) according to
the nature and intensity of the aggravated Dosha
or Doshas involved in each case. 19- A.
Clear (filtered) oil, clarified butter, etc., should be
taken by a man habituated to its use and capable of
undergoing physical hardships during the months of
* Vide Uttara-Tantra, Chapter LXIII,