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dear-skin eight tolas, rub them together with water and prepare a 



pill-mass. Dose grains nine to eighteen in enlarged liver, spleen, 

 jaundice etc. 



In anasarca, iron is given in combination with carbonate of 

 potagh, as in the following called TryxisharAdi lauha} Take of 

 yawfahdra (impure carbonate of potash), ginger, long pepper and 

 black pepper, one part each, iron four parts. Make into sis 

 pills with water. 



In erysipelas, carbuncles and boils, the following called 

 Kdldgnirudra rasa 2 is recommended. Take of mercury, sulphur, 

 prepared talc, iron, iron rust, and iron pyrites, each one part, rub 

 them together with water, and roast the mixture within a covered 

 crucible ; when cool add to it one-tenth part of its weight of aconite, 

 mix intimately, and divide the mass intotwcnty-two grain pills. 



In urinary diseases the following, called Meha ludgara rasa* 

 is used. Take of %sot, black salt, wood of Berheris Asiatic 



( ddmharidrd ), root of 2Eg\a Marmelus ( bilva ), 'Fvihidus terrestris 

 (goJeshura), pjmegran&t seed, chiretta, long pepper-root, lovg 

 pDpper, black pepper, gingef, the three myrobalans and root of 

 TpomCBa Turpetl tm ( trivrti ) , boh one tola, prepared iron fifteen 

 tola , bdollium eight tolas, mix t! m together and beat into a 



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uniform mass with gh Doae twenty-two grains with j dor or 

 goat's milk. This medicine is said to be useful in gonorrhoea, 

 strangury, chronic fever, anaemia, jaundice etc. 





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