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Chap. XXXVIIL] CHIKITSA STHANAM. 633
viz.^ salt, honey, cow's urine, Phala (Madana), milk,
acid group (Kdnjika, etc.) and extract of meat, in
charging a Nirudha-Vasti should, as regards dosage^
be determined by a due consideration of the require-
ments in each case. When the Kalka, the Sneha,
and the decoction would be well mixed together,
the solution for injection should be considered to
have been well prepared The application of such a
solution would be supposed to produce the wished-for
results. lO-A.
The process of preparation :— An
Aksha measure (two ToUs) of Saindhava salt should
be first mixed with the palms of the hand on a plate with
two Prasrita (thirty-two Tolas) measures of honey, to
which Sneha (oil, etc.) should be gradually added. When
well dissolved, the pastes of (Madana) Phala should be
added thereto. The drugs to be used as the Kalka in
proportion to the prescribed parts should then be finely
powdered and mixed with the preceding compound. The
whole should then be well stirred in a deep vessel with a
ladle (Khaja) * so as not to make it too thick, nor
too thin. The compound thus prepared should be
mixed with five Prasrita measures of the well-filtered
drug decoction (prescribed in each case) and with cow's
urine, meat-essence, milk and acid articles (Kdnjika,
etc.) according to the nature of the Doshas involved
in the case. 10.
Dva-das1a Prasriti :— Now we shall describe
the (recipe and preparation of) Vastis (technically)
called the "Dvai-dasa-Prasrita" (weighing twelve
Prasritas). An Aksha measure (two Tolds) of Saindhava
salt should be rubbed with two Prasritas (thirty-two
TolAs) of honey to which should be added three Prasritas
* The hand would serve the purpose of a ladle best in this case.
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