Susruta Samhita - Mandhata Global

Chap. XXXIV.] CHIKITSA STHANAM. 585
and Durvd grass subsequently cooled and mixed with
the cream of clarified butter and Anjana, should be
syringed into the rectum in the manner of an Asthd-
pana-Vasti in the case of an excessive flow of red
blood (lit. life-blood) from the bowels. Vasti should
be employed in such cases, with a decoction of the
drugs of the Nyagrodhddi group mixed with milk,
clarified butter, expressed juice of sugar-cane and (goat's)
blood. Remedies mentioned under haemoptysis (Rakta-
pitta) and bloody dysentery should be employed in cases
marked by spitting of life-blood (Jiva-s'onita). Decoc-
tions of the drugs of the Nyagrodhddi group should be
given with food and drink. 13.
Jiva-^onita, how to be known :—
piece of a linen or cotton should be soaked in (and dyed
with) the emitted blood where any doubt would arise
whether it is a case of arterial blood (Jiva-s'onita)
or one of Rakta pitta. The continuance of the dye or
red stain on the linen even after being washed with hot
water would conclusively establish its identity with the
arterial blood or Jiva-s'onita, As an alternative^ the
discharged blood mixed with barley-pjwder or any
other kind of food should be given to a dog to eat. If
it is eaten by the dog, it would at once establish the
identity of the emitted blood with the healthy arterial
blood of the organism. 14.
Adhmana (flatulent distention of the abdomen):
If a person who is suffering from a plethora of the
Doshas in his system and who has not previously been
treated with a Sneha and whose bowels still contain the
undigested residue of a previous meal and (consequently)
an abundance of Vayu therein, takes a (purgative or an
emetic) which is neither emollient nor hot, the medicine
is likely to produce a flatulent distention of his abdo-
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