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other tumours in the abdomen The following are few 

 illustrations. 



Xr/riliPlalisIi'ira} Take a cocoa-nut fruit full of water, make 

 a hole in it and fill the cocoa-mit" with rock salt, that is, dissolve 

 the salt in its water. Then close the opening, cover the nut with 

 a layer of clay and roast it in a pit of fire. The salt thus roasted 

 is esteemed as a valuable medicine in the form of dyspepsia 

 which is attended with pain, two or three hours after meals. 

 It is given with the addition of long pepper. Dose about n 



quarter tola. 



Bhaskara Xanana* Take of karkach salt sixteen tolas, sonchal 

 salt ten toh'is, black salt, rock salt, coriander, long pepper, long 

 pepper root, leaves called tejpatra, seeds of Xigella tativa. 



(krishnajiraha) , leaves of Pi mist Wehbjana (talisa patra), flowers 

 of Meetta ferrea {n&g akesara) , fruits of Calamus fatciculai 

 (anilaveasa) , four tolas each, black pepper, cumin seeds and ginger, 

 two tol;'i3 each, pomegranate seeds eight tolas, cinnamon and 

 cardamoms one tola each, powder, mi \- :md soak seven times in 

 lemon juice. Dose about a drachm with whey or wine, in 

 enlarged spleen and other tumours in the abdomen, dyspepsia, 

 loss of appetite, constipation etc. Rock salt is applied to 

 opacities of the cornea, either singly or in combination with 

 other dru^s, as in the following. Take of the seeds of Acacia 

 Lebb •/.• (sirim), long pepper, black pepper and rock salt in equal 

 partR, rub them together with water, and make into pellets or 

 pencils. These are rubbed on. opacities of the cornea. 



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