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Chap. LII ] when cold, with honey and with Maricha taken at intervals by biting it. 25 — 28

Kaláyana-Guda: — Three Prastha measures of the expressed juice of Ámalaka and half a Tulá measure (six seers and a half) of treacle should be duly cooked with eight-Pala-weight of powdered Trivrit (lightly fried) with eight-Pala measures of oil. Powdered Granthika (Pippali-roots), Chavya, Jiraka, Vyosha, Gaja-pippali, Havashá, Ajamodá, Vidanga, Saindhava, Tri-phalá, Yamáni, Páthá, Chitraka and Dhánya, each weighing a Pichu weight (two Tolás) should then be added to it as an after-throw and the whole compound should be scented with the three scented drugs (Tvak, Elá and Patra). The patient should take an Aksha (two Tolá weight of this preparation. The medicine thus prepared is called Kalyanáka Guda and it proves curative in cases of Grahani, cough, asthma, hoarseness of voice and phthisis. It serves to improve appetite, increase the semen of males and remove sterility in females. There is no special restriction about the regimen of diet and conduct when it is used. 29.

Agastya-Leha:-Two Palas each of the drugs known as Daśa-mula, Gaja-pippali, Átma-guptá, Bhárgi, Śathi, Pushkara-roots, Śunthi, Páthá, Gulancha, Granthika (Pippali-roots), Śamkha-pushpi, Rásná, Chitraka, Apámárga, Valá and Durálabhá, and one Ádhaka (half a seer) of Yava together with one hundred large-sized Haritaki should be boiled with one Drona measure of water and taken down from the oven with its three-quarter part evaporated in the process. It should then be filtered through a piece of linen. A Tulá weight of treacle should be dissolved in the above decoction and duly cooked with the addition of a Kudava measure each of oil and clarified butter. When the cooking is