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abscesses by caustics, to incising them with the lancet. 



after washing the face, bathing, breakfast, etc. The pastille for 

 this was made of cardamoms and other aromatic substances. This 

 sort of smoking is not seen in the present day. Probably it was 

 in vogue before the introduction of tobacco and has been displaced 

 by the latter. 



yppl Dhupana or fumigations were employed for ulcers and 

 skin diseases. The pastilles for these were made as for inhalation. 

 They are lighted and placed inside two earthen pots, placed face 

 to face. A hole is made in the upper pot and a tube adjusted to it. 

 The free or open end of the tube is now directed to the affected 

 part and the fumes allowed to spread over it. Incenses and tapers 

 composed of various medicinal substances are also burnt in rooms 

 occupied by the sick, for removing unpleasant smells and supposed 

 evil spirits. 



■^K^^T Kshdrakarma or caustic applications. The ancient 

 physicians of India, like their modern representatives, preferred 

 opening 



Hence caustics were described as superior to the lancet, inasmuch 

 as, in addition to opening abcesses, they purified them by remov- 

 ing the derangement of the humours. The ashes of the following 

 plants were used for the preparation of caustics, namely : 



Mld^T Pdtala. — Stereos per mum suaveoleus. 



3T£5r Kufaja. — Holarrhena antidysenterica. 



q^fTCl Palasa* — Butea frondosa. 

 T^^OF Asrukarna. — Shorca robust a. 



*nfare Pdribhadra. — Erylhrina Tndica* 

 fwfaf^ Vibhitaha.—T< niinalia Better ica. 

 TPP^ A'raguadha. — Cassia fistuld. 



^fa Lodhra. — Symplocos racemosa. 

 ^cft Arka* — Calolropis gigantea. 



^t% Snuhi. — Euphorbia neriifolia; 

 **N\mh Apumdrga. — Acliyranthes aspera. 



Karanja. — Pongamia glabra. 

 *T93F Vdsaka. — Just'cia Adhatoda. 



^Rf% Kadali. — Mnsa sapi Uvm. 

 fapRi Chitraka. — Plumbago Zeylanica* 

 TjfH^i Putika. — Ccesalpinia Bonducella. 



Devaddrii. — Gedrus Deodara. 





