with the drugs mentioned in the four quarts of the present verse, viz., (1) The fruit and flower of Pátalá,(2) Gairika and Katu-rohini (3) the kernel (inner pulp) of Kharjura and Pippali and (4) Kásisa (sulphate of iron) and Kapittha (D. R. — Dadhi), should be mixed with honey and administered by an experienced physician in cases of Hiccá. 16.
Meat as diet:— The soup prepared with the meat of Śallaka (porcupine), Śvadamshtrá, Godhá, Vrisha-damśa (wild cat), Rishya (D. R. Riksha — a bear) and Mriga (different kinds of deer, as well as of Kapota and Párávata (different kinds of pigeon), Lávaand other birds should be taken lukewarm with the expressed juice of acid fruits and with Saindhava and a Sneha (clarified butter, etc.). 17.
Purgatives as well as potions of tepid clarified butter mixed with Saindhava-salt and sugar should be regarded as highly beneficial in an up-coursing of the bodily Váyu in cases of Hiccá. Some authorities are of opinion that the application of an Anuvásana-vasti would be also beneficial in such cases. 18.
Thus ends the fiftieth chapter in the Uttara-Tantra of the Sus'ruta Samhitá which deals with the (symptoms and) treatment of hiccough.
