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THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA
[Chap. XL

remedial in a case of enlarged spleen, or the one duly cooked with the expressed juice of Chángeri and with the drugs of the Mágadhádi (Pippalyádi) group as Kalka may be likewise prescribed with beneficial results. Clarified butter duly cooked with four times as much curd (Dadhi) may also be used with benefit. Whatever is appetising (medicines, drugs and diet, etc.) would be beneficial in cases of Grahani. Complications (Upadrava) such as fever, etc. should be subdued with drugs not incomptible with the main treatment of nor in any way aggravative of the main disease. 107.

Thus ends the fortieth chapter of the Uttara-Tantra in the Sus'ruta Samhitá which deals with the (symptoms) and medical treatment of Atisára.