Susruta Samhita - Mandhata Global

648 TllK SUSllRUTA SAMUITA. [Chap. XXXIX.
ivcly in cases of the eliminated Dosha being a Prastha,
half an Adhaka or an Adhaka in quantity. 4.
After this a quarter part of the quantity of rice or
grain otherwise deemed proper and adequate for the
patient, should be cooked in the form of Vilepi. The
rice or the grain (used in the preparation) should be well
boiled, without the addition of any Sneha (oil or clarified
butter) or salt. 5.
It should then be (passed through a piece of cloth
and) made non-slimy, and should be taken in the
above-prescribed manner with a clear (pure) soup of
Mud^a-puhe. The patient should then be given a diet
measuring half the quantity of his usual one. The food,
in this case, should be well saturated with any oleaginous
substance (Sneha^. The meal of the patient in the next
stage should consist of well-boiled rice measuring three
parts only of his usual diet and should be made palatable
to the taste and sufficient to stimulate the sense-organs.
The meal in this case, should be taken with the trans-
parent surface of clarified butter {Ghrita-manda). After
this period the patient should be allowed to take his full
meal with well-prepared soups of venison, etc. d-y.
The above order of taking one-fourth, half and three-
fourths of the usual meal applies in cases of deficient,
intermediate (moderate), or satisfactory action of a
purgative. 8.
Peyas, taken in an aggravated condition of the de-
ranged Pitta, and Kapha, or by a person addicted to
drinking habits or subsequent to a deficient exhibition
of emetics and purgatives, may give rise to an increased
(mucous) secretion (Abhishyanda) in the organism.
Tarpana measures (demulcent food) should, therefore, be
deemed beneficial in these instances. 9.
A person is likely to fast from any of the following