Pinda-sveda made with pieces of boiled flesh of fish, cock or Láva (jointly or severally), or with (balls of condensed) milk. 4-5.
A bowl-shaped cup should be made of the leaves of the Aśvattha soaked in oil and Dadhi-mastu*[1] and it should be heated by means of charcoal-fire. The oil, thus heated and made to drop into the affected organ, gives instantaneous relief in a case of ear-ache. The affected organ should be fumigated with the fumes of burning pieces of Kshauma (linen cloth) as well as with clarified butter, Aguru and Guggulu mixed together. Draughts of clarified butter as well as the application of Śiro-vasti after meal are also found beneficial. 6-7.
A rice diet should be foregone in the night, and draughts of clarified butter followed by potions of milk should be taken in its stead. The Śata-páka Valá-Taila †[2] should also be prescribed as Śiro-vasti, errhine, as well as Mastikya-Śirovasti and sprinkling. It may also be given internally. Goat's milk first cooked with Kanta-kári (in the manner of Kshira-páka) and then with the fat (Vasá) of a cock is extremely efficacious (in cases of ear-ache) if used as an ear-drop. 8-9.
The four kinds of Sneha (oil, clarified-butter, lard and animal marrow) duly cooked together with the Kalka of Tanduliyaka, Amkota fruits, Ahimsrá, Kendraká-roots, Sarala, Deva-Dáru, Laśuna (garlic), Śunthi and the scrapings of bamboo-skin and with the liquids of acid ‡[3]
- ↑ * "Mastu" (curd-cream) is mentioned neither by Vrinda nor by Chakrapáni. According to Videha's recipe, clarified butter should be used in place of oil in cases of the aggravation of the Pitta.)
- ↑ † For "Valá-Taila"— See chapter XV, Chikitsita Sthána.
- ↑ ‡ The liquid acids here are Dadhi, Takra, Surá, Ckukra (a kind of Kánjika) and the expressed juice of Mátulunga.
