Susruta Samhita - Mandhata Global

684 'T'l^' SUSIIRUTA SAMHITA [Chi^v. 1-
and Sunthi and that of a Prishata deer with Pippali and
S\tnthi. The soup of S'imbi taken with honey
and clarified butter should, similarly, be deemed
beneficial (as being possessed of similar antitoxic
properties). An intcUij^ent king should always use
food and diink of poison-destroying properties.
In a case of imbibed poison, the heart should be
protected (with a covering of anti-poisonous drugs)
and the patient should be made to vomit (the contents
of his stomach) with a potion composed of sugar,
Pippali, Yashti-madhu, honey and the expressed juice
of sugar-cane dissolved in water. ZS'Z^'
Thus ends the fust Chapter of the Kalpa-slhina in the .Sus'ruia
Samhita which deals with the mode oi protecting food and drink (from
the effect^ of poison).