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of this variety is very limited in quantity, of a bland sweetish 

 taste and without any aroma or acidity. 



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Lemon juice is considered cooling, refrigerant, stomaohic 

 and useful in indigestion, dyspepsia, vomiting of meals, thirst, 

 burning of the body, intoxication from apiritious drinks or 

 narcotics etc. Fresh lemon juice is recommended to be taken in 

 the evening, for the relief of dyspepsia with vomiting of meals. 

 It enters into the composition of several carminative medicines 

 for dyspepsia, such as the Hingvdshfaka ( see Assafcetida ), 

 Kravyddi chuma etc. 



In rheumatic affections such as pleurodynia, sciatica, lumbago, 

 pain in the hip joints etc., Sarangadhara recommends the adminis- 

 tration of lemon juice with the addition of yavdkslidra (impure 

 carbonate of potash) and honey. 2 



Basdyandmrita Icmha? Take of long pepper, black pepper, 

 ginger, the three myrobalans, bdberung seeds, cumin and nigella 

 seeds, qjmoan and the seeds of Cnidium diffnsum (vanajarndni), 

 chtretta, trivrit, root of Bolzospermum mantannm (da?iti) f mm bark, 

 and rock salt, each two tolas, prepared iron sixteen tolas, sugar 

 two seers, decoction of the three myrobalans four seers, and 

 lemon juice two seers. Boil all these ingredients together till the 

 watery portion is evaporated, lastly add olarified butter, half a 



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