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184 Váyu to their normal condition. The use of tepid water which allays thirst is highly efficacious in cases of fever due to the actions of the deranged bodily Kapha and Váyu, as it tends to cleanse the internal passages of the body and helps in the easy movement of the deranged bodily Doshas in the organism. The effect of cold water is just the reverse and its inherent cold tends to aggravate fever. 46

Peyá:— A potion consisting of water boiled with the admixture of the following bitter drugs viz. Gángeya (Musta) Nágara, Uśira, Párpata, Udichya (Bálaka) and red sandal-wood should be given, when cooled, for drinking in a case of Pittaja fever, as well as in one due to the effect of any liquor or poison *. A Peyá prepared with digestive drugs should be given to the patient when hungry in as much as it is digestive, appetising, light and febrifugal, Tasteful decoctions of digestive drugs, which alleviate thirst, remove bad taste in the mouth, bring about a fresh relish for food and prove remedial for fever, should be given after the seventh day in a case of fever which, in consequence of a plethora of deranged Dosha in the .system, would not abate even after the observance of fasting and the subsequent use of Yavágu and where the digestive power of the patient has been impaired. 47 — 49.

A decoction of Pancha-mula assimilates the bodily Dosha in a case of Vátaja fever, while a decoction of Musta, Katuka and Indra-yava mixed with honey (when cold) proves curative in a case of Pittaja fever, and a decoction of the component drugs of the Pippalyâdi group helps the assimilation of the deranged bodily Dosha in a case of Kaphaja fever. Decoctions reme-