taste (instead of water) should be used as an ear-drop in order to alleviate the aching pain therein. 10.
The expressed juice of Laśuna, Śigru, ÁÁrdraka, Murangi, Mulaka and (branch of) Kadali jointly or severally poured lukewarm into the cavity of the organ acts as an excellent ear-drop (in case of acute ear-ache). As an alternative, the expressed juice of Śringa-vera mixed with honey, Saindhava, and oil should be used lukewarm as an ear-drop to alleviate the pain therein. Clarified butter*[1] duly cooked with the scrapings of bamboo-skin and the urine of a ewe and of a she-goat †[2] should also be used as an ear-drop in cases of ear- ache. 11-13.
Dipiká-Taila:— Pieces of the roots of the major Pancha-mula measuring eighteen fingures in length should be covered (extending only to three-fourths of the whole) with a piece of linen and then soaked in oil. The stick so formed, should then be lighted and the oil pouring in drops therefrom should be used lukewarm (as an ear-drop). It instantaneously removes the pain, and is known as the Dipiká-Taila. Different kinds of Dipiká-Taila may be likewise prepared with pieces of Deva-dáru, Kushtha or Sarala wood, and used in the same manner in cases of ear-ache. 14-15.
Tender sprouts of Arka plants pasted with Kánjika (Amla) should be mixed with oil and salt. The paste thus prepared should be placed inside the hollow made in a branch of Snuhi tree and wrapped up with the
- ↑ * Both Vrinda and Chakrapáni read "Taila" (oil) in place of "Sarpih" (clarified butter). But we have the authority of Videha (as quoted by Śrikantha Datta in his commentary on Vrinda) in favour of clarified butter.
- ↑ † Clarified butter should first be cooked with the urine of a ewe and then with that of a she-goat. — Dallana.
