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204 by worshipping Bráhmans, cows, the god Iśána, and Ambiká. 132 — 133. The body of the patient overwhelmed with coldness (shivering) in cases of fever due to the action of the aggravated Kapha or Váyu, should be plastered with a paste of the drugs of the heat-making group * and heating measures should then be resorted to. In the alternative, a compound of Áranála, Śukta, cow's urine and Mastu (curd-cream) made lukewarm should be sprinkled over the body. Plasters of the leaves of Surasa, Arjaka and Śigru pasted together with water would prove beneficial. The body may be rubbed with Kshára-taila (oil cooked with alkali) mixed with Śukta. A decoction of the drugs of the Áragvadhádi group proves highly efficacious particularly in the present case, and decoction of Váyu-subduing drugs should be used tepid as a bath. The shivering having been thus relieved with the foregoing measures and by the sprinkling of tepid water over the body, the languid body of the patient should be smeared with pasted Káláguru and wrapped up in a silk, woolen or linnen cover and then the patient should be made to lie in a bed. 134.- A.

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