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Chap.XLIV.] been described. We shall presently deal with those made with purgative fruits.

Fruit Purgatives:—Sound and stoneless Haritakis administered in the way of Trivrit compounds prove curative in all forms of disease and in malignant sores and internal abscesses. They are the best of elixirs and improve the intellectual faculties. Haritaki and Vidanga, as well as rock salt, Nagaram, Trivrit and Maricha mixed in equal parts and taken with cow's urine, act as good purgatives. Similarly, powders of Haritaki, Bhadra-daru, Kushtham, Puga-phalam, Saindhava salt and Shringaveram taken through the medium of cow's urine, act as good purgative. For purgative purposes, a man should lick a compound consisting of the powders of Nilini fruits, Nagara, Abhaya and treacle and subsequently drink a good draught of Warm water. A compound composed of Haritakis pasted with a decoction of the drugs constituting the group of Pippalyadi and a bit of Saindhava salt, exerts an instantaneous purgative action.

Haritakis eaten with Nagaram or treacle and with a bit of rock salt added to it, is an excellent stomachic. The specific virtue of Haritaki consists in restoring the normal condition of the bodily Vayu (laxative), in rejuvenating an used up or exhausted frame, and in soothingly invigorating the sense organs. Haritaki destroys all diseases, which are due to the use of