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72 group* as well as the Anu-taila (see Chapter V, Chikitsita Sthána), might be prescribed with the greatest advantage in the types of the disease due respectively to the action of the deranged Váyu and vitiated blood of the system. A medicated oil duly cooked with an admixture of Sahá, Aśva-gandhá, Ati-valá, Śatávari, Trivrit and the three fatty substances, Ghrita, lard and marrow, mentioned before (in connection with the treatment of Mahá-Váta-Vyádhi, Chapter VI, Chikitsita Sthána) might be advantageously employed as an errhine in cases of Vátaja Timira. Butter churned out of the milk duly cooked with the flesh of any aquatic or marsh-frequenting fowl or beast should be employed as an errhine; it would prove curative in cases of Vátaja Timira (loss of vision). 22-23. The flesh of a vulture and of a deer of the Ena species, Saindhava salt, honey and clarified butter should be prepared and applied (to the affected eye) in the manner of 'Puta-páka (see next Chapter). The lard of vultures, snakes and cocks and Yashti-madhu should be pasted together (with honey) and applied (to the affected organ) in the manner of an Anjana (eye-salve)†. 24.

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