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Btereorpermm* suaveolens (pdtula) and Vrenma spinosa (gamkdrtkd). 

 The first live in the above list, are collectively called hrasvapavcha 

 mula or the five minor plants, and the last five are called vrihat 

 pa?icha mula or the five majar plants. A decoction of the hrasva 

 panchamula is used in catarrhal fever, cough and other diseases 

 supposed to be caused by deranged phlegm. The vrihat pancha- 

 mula ia used in fever and other diseases supposed to be caused by 

 deranged air. The ten drugs together are used in remittent 

 fever, puerperal fever, inflammatory affections within the chest, 

 affections of the brain and many other diseases supposed to 

 be caused by derangement of all the humours. 1 Another combina- 

 tion called Ashtddasdnga pdchana consists of the ten drugs above 

 mentioned, with the addition o£ the eight following, namely, 

 'hiretd, devaddru % ginger, tubers of Cypfws rotundas (vinstaka), 

 root of Ptcrvrrhiza Karma (Jcatukt) 9 indrajava seeds, corriander, 

 and fruits of Pathos officinalis. A decoction of these eighteen 

 drugs is used in fevers of a severe type with drowsiness, delirium, 

 picking of bed clothes, insensibility, and difficult breathing. A 

 preparation of aconite and arsenic is generally given along 

 with it.- 



Dasamida taila. This is an oil prepared with a decoction of 

 the ten drugs above mentioned, and is much used as a cooling 

 application in headache and other diseases. To prepare it take of 

 the ten drugs, in all twelve seers and a half, water sixty four 

 seew. Boil down to sixteen seers and etrain. To the strained 

 decootion add four seers of lemon juice, four seers of prepared 

 sesamum oil and a seer of the usual aromatics and colouring 

 agents in the form of a paste and boil them together. 



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