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Chap. XLIV.] leaves of Tri-phalá and powdered (dead) iron should be frequently taken as an electuary in combination with cow's urine. A compound composed of powdered coral, pearl, antimony and conch-shell, or powdered Girimrittiká (ferrugnious earth) should be similarly used by the patient. 17-18.

A compound consisting of half a seer of powdered goat's dung together with a Pala weight of each of the drugs known as Vit-salt, Haridrá and Saindhava-salt, should be licked with honey by a patient living on wholesome diet. A compound of Mandure (iron-rust), Agni (Chitraka), Vidanga, Pathyá, Tri-katu all taken in equal parts with Tápya (Svarna-mákshika) equal to their combined weight should be duly soaked in cow's urine and formed into a lambative with the addition of honey, the same being prescribed for an immediate cure of a serious type of Pándu-roga. 19-20. Vibhitaka, Mandura (iron-rust), Nágara and Tilashould be pounded together and made into a paste with the addition of a profuse quantity of treacle. Pills prepared from this compound should be administered through the medium of Takra whereby a violent attack of jaundice would be defeated. Pills of the Kaláya weight of each of Sauvarchala, Hingu and Kiráta-tikta pasted together, should be taken with tepid water. As an alternative, a lambative compound of Murvá, Haridrá and Ámalaka pounded together and alternately dried and soaked in cow's urine for a week, should be given to be licked by the patient. 21-22. A patient suffering from Pándu-roga should observe a proper regimen of diet and take two-Tolá-weight of the compound of the powders of Valá and Chitraka(with cow's urine or tepid water). The compound of Saindhava salt and powdered Śigru-seeds taken in equal