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116 Priyangu, Madhuka, Pattanga, Gairika, Sarjarasa, Rasanjana, Shalmali flowers, Shankha, Shukti, Masha, Yava and Godhuma, and firmly pressed with the tips of the fingers. As an alternative, the mouth of the incision should be gently rubbed with the powdered barks of Sala, Sarja, Arjuna, Arimeda, Mesha-shringi, and Dhanvana, or the edges of the wound should be lightly dusted with the burnt ashes of a silk cord (a piece of silk rolled up in the form of a cord), and firmly pressed with the tips of the fingers; or the mouth of the wound should be lightly touched with the powders of Laksha and Samudra-phena, and its edges should be similarly pressed together as above. Then the wound should be firmly tied up (with a piece of silk or linen) plastered over with a paste of the substances mentioned in connection with the bandaging of ulcers (Vrana). The patient should be kept in a cool room, covered over with a wet sheet and constantly soothed with sprays of cold water. A medicinal plaster of a cooling virtue and a course of cooling diet should be prescribed for him. The wound should be cauterised with fire or an alkali, or the vein should be again opened at a point a little below the seat of the first incision in case where the abovesaid measures should have failed to check the flow of blood. The patient should be made to drink a decoction compound of drugs of the Kakolyadi group, sweetened with sugar or honey; and his ordinary drink should consist of the