as well as pieces of heated stone or baked clay in it and taken in a tepid state, or cold water charged with sugar and honey, is possessed of the efficacy of allaying thirst. 14 — 16.
Specific Treatment:— A patient suffering from Vátaja thirst would find relief by taking lukewarm and in a little quantity at a time the water boiled with the drugs of any of *[1] the five Pancha-mula groups or with the drugs of the first group (Vidári-gandhádi- gana). A decoction of the drugs of the Pitta-subduing groups †[2] subsequently cooled and taken with the addition of honey and sugar, or milk duly boiled with the admixture of the drugs of the Jivaniya group (Kákolyádi Gana) would allay a case of Pittaja thirst. Water duly boiled with Vilva, Ádhaki, the drugs of the Kantaka-Pancha-mula ‡[3] and Darbha allays a case of Kaphaja thirst. Vomiting induced with the help of a draught of the infusion of tender Nimba-leaves, taken lukewarm would likewise prove curative in such a case. 17 — 19.
The Pitta-subduing remedies and measures should, in the alternative, be applied in all types of thirst which cannot otherwise be allayed. The expressed juice or a decoction of ripe Udumvara should be taken with
- ↑ * The five Pancha-mula groups are (1) The major pancha-mula, (2) The minor Pancha-mula, (3) The Valli Pancha-mula, (4) The Kantaka-Pancha-mula, (5) The Trina-Pancha-mula. See Chap. XXXVIII, Sutra sthána.
- ↑ † The Pitta-subduing groups are Utpaládi, Sárivádi and Kákolyádi groups.
- ↑ ‡ In place of " etc.", some read " "etc., i.e. Kantaka (Gokshura) and the drugs included in the group known as " " viz. Pippali, Pippali-mula, Chavya, Chitraka and Nágara. The commentator Kártika Kundu supports this: — Dallana. For Kantaka — Pancha-mula, see Chap. XXXVIII — Sutra-Sthána.
