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Now we shall discourse on the chapter which deals with the medical treatment of (an attack by) Naigamesha (Naigamesha-Pratishedha). 1. The decoction of Vilva, Agnimantha and Putiká should be used in sprinkling (the body of the possessed child) and sprinkling with Surá, Sauvira and Dhány-ámla (Kánjika) is also advisable in such cases. A medicated oil should be duly cooked with Priyangu, Saralá, Anantá, Śata-pushpá and Kutannata and with cow's urine, the liquid of the milk-curd (Dadhi-mastu) and Kánjika. Medicated Ghritas should be duly prepared with the drugs of the Madhura group as Kalka, with the decoction of the Dasámula and with milk or with the head of a date-palm tree 2. A.

The child should be made to wear Vachá, Vayasthá, Golomi and Jatilá as a charm and the utsádana measures recommended in the treatment of Skandápasmára should be used in this case also. Siddhárthaka (white mustard), Vachá, Hingu, Kushtha, parched rice, Bhallátaka and Ajamodá should be used in fumigating the body of the child. In cases of attacks by Navagraha the dungs of a monkey, an owl and a vulture should also be used by persons wishing the good of the child for a fumigating purpose and that at the dead of the night when all persons are asleep. 2. B.

Offerings of huskless sesamum, garlands of flowers and various dishes should be made to the deity Naigamesha (the preserver of the child) at the foot of a Vata tree on the sixth day of the fortnight and the child should be bathed there at the foot of the tree.