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Vilva taila is thus prepared. 1 Take of dried bela fruits, twelve 

 seers and a half and boil in sixty-four seers of water, till reduced 

 to one-fourth. To the strained decoction, add four seers of 

 prepared sesamum oil and six tolas each of the following subs- 

 tances, in the form of paste, namely, Vanda Roxburglrii (rdsnd), 

 Boerhaana diffusa (punarnavd), Aplotaxis auriculata (kushta), 

 ginger, dried bela, flowers of Woodfordia floribunda (.dhdtaki), 

 wood of Plnus deodara (devaddru), bark of Symploros racemosa 

 (lodhra), tubers of Cyperus rotundus (viustaka), Acorus Calamus 

 (vachd), and gum of Bombax Malabaricum (sdlmaUveshta) , and 

 prepare an oil in the usual way. This oil is used externally in 

 chronic bowel complaints. 



FERONIA ELEPHANTUM. 



Sans, ^firer, Kapittha. Vern. Kiithbel, Bewj. Kaith, JHnd. 



The wood apple tree is met with throughout India and is 

 cultivated for the sake of the fruits, the pulp of which is edible. 

 A cMtni, made of the ripe pulp with the addition of oil, ealt, 

 tamarind and spices, is esteemed by many. The unripe fruit is 

 described as astringent and is used in combination with bela and 

 other medicines in diarrhoea and dysentery. The ripe fruit is 

 said to be useful in hiccup and affections of the throat. The 

 leaves are aromatic and carminative. 



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