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150 accompanied by any of the distressing or unfavourable symptoms, should be gradually elongated by rubbing it with an unguent composed of the milk, fat, and marrow of any such animals and birds as the Godha, the Pratudas, the Vishkiras, the Anupas, or the Audakas as would be available, and clarified butter and the oil expressed out of the seeds of white mustard, boiled with the decoction or Kvatha of Arka, Alarka, Vala, Ativala, Ananta, Apamarga, Ashvagandha, Vidari-gandha, Kshira-Shukla, Jalashuka and the drugs forming the group known as the Madhura, which should be previously prepared and carefully stowed in a covered receptacle.

Metrical texts:—Then the above medicinal unguent should be applied or rubbed over the lobe of the affected ear, whereby all the disturbing or unfavourable symptoms would be subsided, thus favouring its firm and steady growth. Similarly a plaster composed of Yava, Ashvagandha, Yashtyahva, and Tila, pasted together might be rubbed over the affected ear-lobe with advantage. Oil prepared and boiled with the essence of Shatavari, and Ashvagandha, or Payasya, Eranda, Jivana and milk increases the growth of an ear-lobe. The lobe of an ear, which refuses to grow in size in spite of being fomented and lubricated as above indicated^ should be scarified with slight longitudinal incisions on its anterior side (that is on the side nearest to the cheeks)