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654 THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA. [Ch&p. XL.
such other emetic drugs should be used in the V^ma-
niya-Dhuma. 3.
Formation of the
Dhuma-Pana : —The pipe
pipe used in
to be used in respect
of an inhaler should be made of one or other of the
same substances* of which the pipes of enema-syringes
(Vasti-Nctra) arc made. The girth of such a pipe
should be equal to that of the small finger at its mouth
with an inner aperture or calibre as large as a Kaldya
pulse, and its girth at the root or base should
be equal to that of the thumb, while the girth of the
inner apertureor near (at the root) should be sufficiently
large to allow the Dhuma-Varti (made of S'ara weed) to
fit in. The length of the pipe should be forty-eight
fingcrsf in respect of a Prdyogika, thirty-two fingers in
respect of a Snehana, twenty-four fingers in respect of a
Vaircchana, sixteen fingers in respect of a Kdsaghna
(anti-cough) and Vamaniya (emetic) Dhuma. The girth
of the aperture (channel) should be equal to that of a
stone of the Kola fruit in respect of the tube to be used
in the last two cases (Kasaghna and Vdmaniya), The
tube to be employed in fumigating an ulcer should
be eight fingers in length and equal to a Kaldya pulse
in outer girth, while the girth of the inner orifice should
be sufficient to allow a Kulattha pulse to pass in. 4.
The medicinal stick (Varti) should be lubricated
* See Chapter XXXV, Para. 7, Chikitsita Slhana.
t Charaka's description of the pipes, (Chapter V, S'lokasthana) cor-
responds closely to that of Sus'ruta, except in the case of Priyogika pipe,
where Charaka's reading is somewhat ambiguous. There it may be
construed to mean thirty-six as well as forty-eight fingers. Jatu-karna,
however, explicitly asserts forty-eight fingers to be the length of the pipe
in question. Vrinda is in a fix, and solves the difficulties by explaining that
in cases of an aggravation of Kapha and an abundance of Doshas, the
Jenglh of the pipe should be thirty-six fingers.