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THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA
[Chap. LV.

yawning should be conquered with the applications of Sneha and of Sveda (fomentation). The patient should be treated with Sneha and then fomented and lachrymation should then be induced (with appropriate remedies)*[1] in a case where the flow of tears has been suddenly checked. Sneezing should be induced with the help of strong Anjanas and Avapidas, or by the application of Vartis, or by holding any strong smell at his nose or by blowing any strong medicinal powder into the nose (Pradhamna) or by making the patient look towards the sun (or such like luminous body) in a case of Udávarta due to the suppression of sneezing. 23—24.

In a case of Udávarta due to suppressed eructation, the patient should be made to inhale the fumes of oily or lardaceous articles in due order †[2] or to take draught of wine surcharged with Souvarchala-salt and the expressed juice of Vija-pura. A case of Udávarta due to suppressed vomiting should be duly conquered with emulsive measures (treating with a Sneha), etc., according to the nature of the deranged bodily Dosha involved in each case. In the alternative unguents with (Saindhava) salt and (Yava-) Kśhara should be applied. 25 — 26.

Milk should be duly cooked with the admixture of four times as much water and with the drugs of bladder-cleansing virtues ‡[3] and boiled until all the water is evaporated. Draughts of this medicated milk should be prescribed in copious quantities in a case of Udávarta due to the retention of seminal fluid and the patient

  1. • These are the applications of strong Anjanas and Avapida-Nasyas.
  2. † The order is (1) Dhuma-inhalation, (2) Nasya (errhine) and (3) Kavala (gargle)
  3. ‡ These are the drugs of the Trina-panchamula as well as of the Viratarvádi groups (Chapter XXXVIII, Sutra Sthána).