Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

The measure of the milk with which such ghee is to be boiled should b» equal, while that of the juice of sugarcane should be three times that of the ghee. — T.

1521Taking equal measures of these, reduce them to a paste and pressing out its juice, strain it through a piece of clean cloth.

Drink this juice, mixing it with sugar and ghee. !°5

Ghee boiled with equal measures of the milk of the buffalo, the goat, the sheep, and the cow, and an equal measure of the expressed juice of Dhfitri-phala (the fruits of Phyllanthus Emblica), is alleviative of bile-born cough. It should be taken in judicious measure. 106 THE TREATMENT OF PHLEGM-BORN COUGH.

If one afflicted with phlegm-born cough happens to be possessed of strength, then he should, at the outset, be corrected with emetics.

After this, he should be given food prepared of the flour of barley, mixing it with articles tha,t are pungent, dry, and of heating virtues, as also such food as is alleviative of phlegm.* 107

A person afflicted with phlegm-born cough should take light food mixed with the soup of Kulattha (seeds of Dolickos biflorus) dressed with the pulv of Pippaji (the fruits of Piper longum and the ashes of green barley shoots),

Or with the decoction of Mulaka (dry radishes),

Or with the meat-juice, dressed with bitters, of the flesh of animals living in marshy regions or in holes.

Or with the oil of sesame seeds, mustard seeds, and the seeds of the fruits of Aigle mannelos.

After taking food with such accompaniments, he should take curds, sour liquids (like ‘Kanji’), hot water, whey, wines, or ^nigada' (a kind of spirits). f 108-109

The cold infusion of the roots, Paushkara (a root of that name which not being obtainable, the roots of Aplotaxis auriculata are 2t Some editions read ‘Madhwamla’ &c. in the last line. This is incorrect, it is ‘Uadhyamla- &c.’— T,

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used), those of Aragbadha {Cassia fistula), and the leaves of Patola ( Trichosantkes dioica), should be drunk, mixed with honey.

Or, it should be drunk three times during meals.* no

Katphala (. Myrica sapida ), Kattrina {Hemionites cordifolid) Bhargi ( Siphonanthus Indica ), Musta (the tubers of Cyperus rotundas), Dhanya (coriander seeds), Vacha {Acorus Calamus), Abhaya (chebulic myrobalans), £unthi (dry ginger), Parppataka {Olenlandia biflora ), (^ringi {Rhus succedanea), and Surahbha (otherwise called Devadaru, i. e., Pinus deodara) :

These should be boiled in water ior their decoction.

This decoction, mixed with honey and Hingu (assafcetida) ^should be drunk in cough characterised by wind and phlegm.

It may also be taken in diseases of the throat, in diseases of the mouth, in dropsical swellings of the feet, asthma, hiccup, and fevers. ni-ua

Patha {Cissampelos hernandifolia ), £unthi (dry ginger), £athi {Curcuma Z erumbet), MurvS {Sanseviera Z eylamca), Gavakshi (other¬ wise called IndravUruni, i. e., Cucumis Colocynthis), Musta (the tubers of Cyperus rotundas), and Pippali (the fruits of Piper longum) ;

Reduce these to paste and dissolve it in hot water, and mix it with Hingu (assafcetida) and ‘Saindhava’ salt

This drink is alleviative of phlegm-born cough. n3