use, according to the rules of taking Sneha (see chapter XXXI., Chikitshita-Sthána). The process of snuffing,etc., should also be resorted to, if necessary, as in a case of Ardita (Facial paralysis). 19.
Treatment of Pittaja and Raktaja types: — in the Pittaja and Raktaja types (of Pratiśyáya) the patient should be given draughts*[1] of clarified butter duly cooked with the drugs of the Kákolyádi group. Cold †[2] washes and plasters should also be used. Sarjarasa (Resin), Pattanga (red-sandal), Priyangu, honey, sugar, Drákshá, Madhuliká (Guduchi), Goji, S'ri-parni and Yashti-madhu should be prescribed as gurgles, and purgings (errhines ?) should be induced with the help of the drugs of sweet potency (such as Drákshá, Áragbadha, honey, sugar, etc.). Oil duly cooked with (a paste composed of) Dhava-bark Tri-phalá, S'yámá, Tilvaka, Yashti-madhu, S'ri-parni, Rajani, and with milk weighing ten times as much as oil, should be preserved for a time and used as an errhine (Nasya) in either of these cases. 20.
Treatment of Kaphaja Type:— In a case of the Kaphaja- Pratiśyáya, emulsive measures (Sneha-karma) should be performed with clarified butter, and the patient should be made to vomit by using Yavágu (gruel) prepared with Másha-pulse and Tila, (sesamum-seed), after which the general Kapha-subduing measure should be employed. Oil duly cooked with the two kinds of Balá, the two kinds of Brihati,
- ↑ * Some read ' ' in place of ' ' This word means that the clarified butter for use in this case should be duly cooked with the ' ' (bitter) drugs, viz., the leaves of Palola, etc.
- ↑ † Both the commentators of Vrinda and Chakradatta explain the term (cold) to mean 'prepared with the drugs of cold potency such as the drugs of the Nyagrodhádi and Utpaládi groups.'
