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boiled in the above mentioned juice, till softened. It is then tied 

 up tightly in a cloth, and the fluid portion allowed to strain 

 through it. The softened and drained pulp is dried in the sun 

 and the watery portion preserved for future use. Fifty tolas of 

 the prepared pulp are fried in sixteen tolas of clarified butter, 

 and again boiled in the juice of the fruit, till reduced to the 

 consistence of honey. To this are added fifty tolas of refined 

 sugar, and the whole is heated over a gentle fire, till the mass 

 assumes such a consistence as to adhere to the ladle. The pot is 

 now removed from the fire, and the following substances, namely, 

 long pepper and ginger, each two tolas, cumin seeds, cardamoms, 

 cinnamon, leaves called tejapatra, black pepper and coriander, 

 each half a tola in fine powder, are added to the syrup and stirred 

 briskly with a ladle, till the mass is cool. Eight tolas of honey 

 are now added to the confection which is preserved in a new 

 earthen pot. The dose of this medicine is from one to two tolas, 

 according to the age and strength of the patient. It is useful in 

 haemoptysis, phthisis, marasmus, cough, asthma, ulceration of the 

 lungs, hoarseness, etc. 



V&sd kushtndnda khanda. 1 Take of the root of Juslicia Adhatoda 

 (vdsaka), one seer, water eight seers ; boil together till reduced to 

 one-fourth and strain. Then take of the pulp of Benincam cerifera, 

 prepared as above described, fifty tolas ; fry it in thirty-two tolas 

 of clarified butter; and boil in the decoction of vdsaka till the 

 whole is reduced to the consistence of honey. Add to it sugar, 

 one hundred tolas, and apply heat till the mass thickens to the 

 proper consistence. Remove from the fire, add the following 

 substances in fine powder, namely, tubers of Cyperns rotundas, 

 (mustaka), dried emblic myrobalan, bamboo manna, root of Clero- 

 dendron Siphonanthus (bralimayasti), a fragrant substance called 

 tlabdluha, cinnamon, cardamom, tejapatra, each quarter of a tola, 



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