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664 THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA, [Chap. XL.
an amelioration of the disease under treatment, healthy
and vigorous workings of the sense-organs and an
exhilarating sensation of the body and of the mind.
Itching, clumsiness of the mouth\ heaviness, satura-
tion of the local channels (of the mouth, throat, etc."!
with mucous coatings are the symptoms which mark
the deficient action of (an oleaginous) errhine. A dis-
charge through the nostrils of Mastulunga (the brain
matter), an aggravation of the Vdyu, dulness of the
sense-organs and a sense of void or emptiness in the
head are the indications which mark an excessive appli-
cation of un (oleaginous) errhine. 28.
Measures and remedies possessed of the virtue of
subduing the deranged Kapha and Vayu should be (re-
spectively) employed in cases of excessive and deficient
applications of (an oleaginous) errhine (Nasya), while in
the case of a proper and satisfactory application the
patient should be made to snuff in a quantity of clarified
butter on each alternate day or at an interval of two days
for one, two or three weeks in succession or for any longer
period as considered proper according to the exigency of
the case. In a case of an overwhelming aggravation of
the Vayu, the patient may be made to use the snuff (of
clarified butter) even twice a day. 29.
Avapida- Nasya :—The Avapida-Nasya, like
the Siro-Virechana Nasya, should be administered to a
person bitten by a snake, or lying in a comatose or
unconscious stat^ or suffering from a disease of the head
due to its being oppressed with an accumulation of fat
and mucus (Abhisyanda). An Avpida-Nasya should be
administered to a patient by pasting any of the (fresh)
Siro-Virechana drugs and putting a few drops therefrom
into the nostrils of the patient. In cases of a distraction
of the mind or of a disease of a parasitic origin or of