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486 It is tonic and constructive and pacifies the Vayu and Pittam. The flesh of the Shalyaka is tasteful, light of digestion, cooling in its potency and anti-toxic, and subdues the deranged Pittam. The flesh of the Mriga-Priyaka proves a wholesome diet in diseases due to the action of the deranged Vayu ( Vayu-Roga), while that of the Ajagara is beneficial in piles.

The flesh of a Sarpa (a species other than those specifically described) is curative in piles and derangements of the Vayu. It is a vermifuge and anti-toxic (a neutraliser of chemical or resulting poisons). It invigorates the eye-sight, is appetising and sweet and improves the intellect. Of these the flesh of the Darvicara is appetising, pungent in digestion, sweet in taste, and extremely efficacious in eye diseases. It is laxative and diuretic, and subdues the deranged Vayu.

Domestic Animal Group:—Animals such as horses, mules, cows, bullocks, asses, camels, goats, sheep, and Medapuchhas (fat tailed or Turkish sheep) etc., belong to the group of domestic animals (Gramyas).

Metrical Texts:—The flesh of domestic animals is possessed of constructive, tonic and appetising properties, is sweet in taste and digestion. It destroys the deranged Vayu and produces the Kapham and Pittam. Of these the flesh of the goat is