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662 THE SUSHKUTA SAMHITA tChap. XL.
speaking, sneezing or laughing at the time of any oily
snuff (Sneha-Nasya) being administered unto him, as
it may otherwise badly interfere with its reaching
down to the desired spot or may bring on an attack
of cough or coryza (catarrh) or any affection of the
head or of the eyes 22.
Doses of a Sneha-Nasya :—Eight drops
of oil trickling down the two upper phalanges of the fore-
fingers should be regarded as the proper quantity for
the smallest (lit.— firsts dose. A Sukti measure (thirty-
two drops) is the intermediate (lit.— second) dose and a
P^ni-Sukti measure (sixty-four dropsj is the highest
(lit.—third) dose. These are the three doses (of Sneha-
Nasya) which should be dertermined in proportion to the
strength of the patient and of the disease under treat-
ment An oily snuff should never be swallowed. 23.
Metrical Text :—An oily snuff (Sneha-Nasya)
should be hawked in so as to flow along the girths
(Sringataka) of the nostrils and immediately spit out (by
the patient\ without retaining it in the mouth for a
moment, as it may otherwise (irritate the mucous mem-
branes of the throat, etc., and) aggravate the local
Kapha. 24.
The region of the neck and the cheeks, etc., of the
patient should be fomented again after the use of the
oily snuff ;^Sneha-Nasya) and the patient should be
made to smoke, and partake of a meal not composed of
any phlegmagogic articles ( Anabhishyandi). He should
then be advised as to regimen of conduct, etc. 'to be subse-
quently observed). Washing the head, exposure to the
sun, dust and smoke, the use of any intoxicating liquor or
of any other liquid or oleaginous substance, indulgence
in a fit of anger and excessive driving, etc, are strictly
prohibited (after the application of Sneha-Nasya). 25.