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396 appear. In the alternative, powders of Madana kernels soaked in and saturated with their decoction and subsequently dried, should be administered through the same vehicle (decoction of the Madana kernels); or milk cream boiled with the kernels of Madana fruits should be administered with honey; or a barley gruel made with milk prepared as above should be prescribed for the purpose. This emetic measure should be resorted to in cases of Haematemesis or in Haemorrhage from the bowels or generative organs and burning sensation in the heart due to the action of the deranged Pittam.

Milk, boiled with the kernel of a Madana fruit, should be curdled, and the cream of the curd or the curd itself so prepared should be used for emetic purposes in cases of water-brash, vomiting, syncope and dyspnoea. The essence (Rasam) of the seed pulps of Madana fruits should be pressed out and condensed in the manner indicated in connection with the extraction of oil (Sneha) of Bhallataka, and the patient should be made to lick that condensed essence in cases where the Pittam would be found to have shifted into the natural seats of Kapham. Sun-dried and pulverised Madana fruits, mixed with a decoction of Jivanti, may be administered in its stead.

A decoction of the kernels of Madan seeds (Majja), saturated with powders of Pippali, Yadi or a potion consist-