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Lime is used in various combinations as a caustic for different 

 diseases. Thus a mixture of couch-shell lime, impure carbonate 

 of soda (iarjika) and the ashes of Baphanus naiivus (mtdalca), ti 

 applied to tumours and enlarged glands. 1 A mixture of lime, 

 carbonate of soda, sulphate of copper and borax is applied as & 

 caustic to tumours and warts. Lime enters into the composition 

 of depilatories. Thus take of conch-shell lime three tolas, 

 orpiment and the ashes of Butea frondosa (palasa), one tola each, 

 and rub them together with the juice of plantain stalks or ot 

 Cahfropis gigantea (arJca). This paste is applied seven times to 

 the part from which the hair is to be removed. 2 



CHLORIDE OF SODIUM. 



Sans, ^raw, Lav ana. • 



StfSBUTA describes the following varieties of salts, viz., 

 1 S'tindhava, 2 Sdmtulra, 3 Vit or \'id, 4 Sauvarchala, 5 BomamH 

 C Audbhid". 7 Gutikd, 8 Pdnsuja, also called Uthamta. The first 

 five in the above list generally pass by the name of pancha lavana 

 or the five salts, and are often used in combination. The other 

 varieties are rarely used in medicine. 



ii*R Saindkava literally means produced hi Sindh, or the 

 country along the Indus. The term is applied to rock salt which 

 ia regarded as the best of salts. Three varieties of rock salt are 

 recognized, viz., white, red and crystalline. The pure white 

 crystalline salt is preferred for medicinal use. For alimentary 

 purposes also, rock salt is considered superior to the other 

 varieties. It is regarded as digestive, appetizing, sweet and 

 agreeable, and is much used in dyspepsia and other abdominal 

 diseases. 



*T»J3 Sdmtidra literally means produced from the sea. The 

 term is applied to sun-dried sea-salt, manufactured in the Madras 



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