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Chap.XLVI.] best of refreshing beverages. Water saturated with the (expressed juice of) grapes removes the sense of fatigue, allays thirst, and alleviates epileptic fits, and burning sensation of the body. Water potion flavoured with the (expressed juice of) Kola or Parushaka is agreeable and long retained in the stomach in an undigested state. The lightness or heaviness of a potion (Panaka should be determined according to the quantities, properties and preparations of the articles and substances that enter into its composition. Here ends the description of the specific properties of varieties of prepared food, etc. (Kritanna).

Now we shall describe the virtues of the articles of confectionary according to their tastes, potencies, and digestive reactions.

Confectionary — Such as is made with the modifications of milk is called the Kshira Bhakshyas (flour dissolved and stirred in milk with sugar, etc.) It is tonic, spermatopoietic, agreeable, appetising and aromatic, and tends to impart rotundity to the frame. It subdues the Pittam and does not belong to the group of inconpletely digestibles. Of these, the variety known as the Ghritapuras articles of food prepared by putting clarified butter in doughs of corn-flour) is strength-giving and agreeable. It subdues the Vayu and Pittam, is spermatopoietic, and heavy of digestion, and tends to create new flesh and blood. The