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Chap. XLVIII] as well as pieces of heated stone or baked clay in it and taken in a tepid state, or cold water charged with sugar and honey, is possessed of the efficacy of allaying thirst. 14 — 16.

Specific Treatment:— A patient suffering from Vátaja thirst would find relief by taking lukewarm and in a little quantity at a time the water boiled with the drugs of any of * the five Pancha-mula groups or with the drugs of the first group (Vidári-gandhádi- gana). A decoction of the drugs of the Pitta-subduing groups † subsequently cooled and taken with the addition of honey and sugar, or milk duly boiled with the admixture of the drugs of the Jivaniya group (Kákolyádi Gana) would allay a case of Pittaja thirst. Water duly boiled with Vilva, Ádhaki, the drugs of the Kantaka-Pancha-mula ‡ and Darbha allays a case of Kaphaja thirst. Vomiting induced with the help of a draught of the infusion of tender Nimba-leaves, taken lukewarm would likewise prove curative in such a case. 17 — 19.

The Pitta-subduing remedies and measures should, in the alternative, be applied in all types of thirst which cannot otherwise be allayed. The expressed juice or a decoction of ripe Udumvara should be taken with