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Chap. IX.] covered with a compress or linen soaked with the preceding lardacious compound. Milk, Veśavára, Śalvana Poultice, Porridges (Páyasa), etc., should be used by a physician in poulticing the affected organ. A portion of clarified butter cooked with the decoction of Triphalâ, or simply old and matured clarified butter, or milk duly cooked with the drugs of the Vâyu-subduing group, or of the first group (viz., Vidári-Gandhádi Gana) should be taken after the meal. 2. A.

The application of any lardacious substance other than oil cooked with the admixture of the Váyu-sub-duing drugs will prove beneficial for Tarpana purposes in such cases. The use of medicated Sneha in the shape of Putapáka, Dhuma (fumigation) and Nasya (snuffs) is likewise recommended. Oil (duly) cooked with Sthird, milk and the drugs of the Madhura group should be employed as a snuff (in such cases). The milk of a she-goat duly cooked with the admixture of the leaves, roots or barks of Eranda plants, or with the roots of Kantakári, should be employed lukewarm in washing (Sechana) the affected organ. A liquid compound containing half milk and half water, and boiled together with Saindhava, Válá, Yashti-madhu and Pippali, should be used in washing the eye as well as an Áśchyotana (eye-drop). A liquid compound consisting of the milk of a she-goat diluted with the addition of water, boiled with the admixture of Hriveta, Chakra (Tagara), Manjishthá, and Udumbara-harks is considered to be the best eye-drop in cases of there being any pain (Śula) in the eye. 2. B.

A thin plaster compound of Yasthi-madhu, Rajani, Pathyá and Devadáru, pasted together with the milk of a she-goat should be used as an Anjana (collyrium) in a case of acute Ophthalmia (Abhishyanda), and it proves