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J54 THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA, [Chap, XXXI.
bodily Doshas. The dosage of a Sneha which takes
three-quarter parts of a day to be digested, acts as
a bodily emollient and should be prescribed in cases
of extreme aggravation of the bodily Doshas, while
the quantity which can only be digested in the course
of an entire day (twelve hours) should be considered
efficacious in all affections of the body and does not
produce physical lassitude, fainting fits and delirious
conditions. The measure or quantity of a Sneha which
takes a whole day and night to be digested without
undergoing any kind of vitiation (reactionary acidity)
in the stomach, proves curative even in cases of
Kushtha (cutaneous affections), insanity, poisoning
(effects of poison) and Apasmara (hysteric convulsions),
ascribed to the baneful influences of the malignant
stars. 19 C.
The evil effects of Over-cSosage :—
patient should be made to take as much of the Sneha
as he would be able to easily digest inasmuch as an
excessive over-dose may prove fatal. The patient
should be made to vomit with draughts of hot water
in a case of over-dose or abuse of a Sneha and in the
event of its continuing in an undigested or partially
digested state in the stomach. In cases of doubt-
ful digestion, similar potions of hot water should
be administered which would produce good eructa-
tions and bring on a fresh relish for food. 19-D.
When the Sneha begins to be digested, it is attended
with thirst, vertigo, lassitude, weariness, a disturbed state
of the mind and a burning sensation. When the Sneha
appears to have been fully digested the patient should
be affused with hot water. A gruel prepared with only
a small quantity of rice should be given lukewarm to the
patient (at this stage). As an alternative, a well-
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