CHAPTER XXX.
Now we shall discourse on the chapter which deals with the medical treatment of an attack by Śakuni (Śakuni-Pratishedha). 1.
A wise physician should sprinkle the body of the child possessed by Śakuni with the decoction (duly prepared) of Vetasa, Amra and Kapittha. Oils duly cooked with the drugs of the sweet and astringent groups should be used in anointing its body. Pradehas (plasters) composed of Madhuka, Uśira, Hrivera, Sárivá, Utpala, Padmaka, Rodhra, Priyangu, Manjishthá and Gairika, should be applied. 2A.
Various kinds of medicinal powders and diet and re-medial measures in general described in connection with the medical treatment of Ulcers *[1] as well as the fumigations (Dhupana) mentioned in the chapter on the treatment of Skanda-graha (vide ch. XXVIII.) should be prescribed for the disease under discussion. Drugs such as Śatávari, Mrigádani, Erváru, Nágadanti, Nidigdhiká, Lakshmaná, Sahadevá and Vrihati should be fastened (as a charm) to the body of the child (in the preceding manner). 2B.
The presiding deity of the disease (Śakuni Graha) should be worshipped by a physician of self-control inside a Karanja bower and be propitiated with offerings of huskless sesamum, garlands of flowers, Haritála (yellow crpiment) and Manahśilá (realgar) and the child should be bathed duly inside the bower (according to the rules laid down in the treatment of Skanda Graha). The medicated Ghrita prescribed for
- ↑ * See Chapter I, Chikitshita Sthána.
