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Chap. XLII ] and Saidhava taken with tepid water, would subdue an attack of the deranged bodily Váyu. 25-26.

Vriśchirárishta:— The drugs known as Vriśchira, Uruvuka, Varshábhu, the two kinds of Vrihati and Chitraka should be duly boiled together with a Drona-measure of water and taken down from the oven after three-fourths of the water are evaporated by boiling. It should then be poured into an earthen pitcher of which the interior has been previously coated with pastes of Mágadhi, Chitraka and honey. One Seer of powdered Pathyá and four Seers of honey should be subsequently added to its contents and the pitcher should be then kept buried in a heap of husks for ten days, after which it should be taken out and its contents should be given to the patient after the digestion of his daily food. The Arishta (fermented wine) thus prepared proves curative in cases of Gulma, indigestion and aversion to food. 27. Powders of Páthá, Nikumbha, Rajani, Tri-katu, Tri-phalá, Agnika {Chitraka), Saindhava-salt and Vrikshavija (Indra-yava) in equal parts should be taken with matured treacle of their combind weight; or the powders of the above drugs with pulverised Pathyá(weighing a fourth part only of the other powders taken together) should be cooked with cow's urine (weighing four times) to a thick consistency and made into pills which should be taken in an empty stomach (by the patient). These medicines would radically cure the cases of Gulma, enlarged spleen, indigestion, heart-disease, chronic diarrhæa and violent forms of chlorosis. 28. Blood-letting:— Blood-letting by the application of leeches or by venesection should be effected in a case of elevated and immobile (unshifting) Gulma