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tepid water. The medicine should be taken after perspiration 

 has been induced by exercise or exposure to the sun. The diet 

 should consist of milk and rice. In leucoderma a deooction of 

 emblio myrobalan and catechu is given with the addition of 

 powdered vdkuchi seeds. 1 



Externally it is used in skin diseases in a variety of forms 

 suoh as paste, oil, etc. The following combination is said ti be 

 very useful in eruptions attended with itching. Take of vdkuchi 

 seeds, seeds of Cassia Sophora ( kdsamarda ) and Cassia Tora 

 (chakramarda) , turmeric and common sea salt, equal parts ; rub 

 the en together into a paste with whey and fermented paddy water 

 (kdnjika), and apply over the eruptions. 2 Vdkuchi Beeds four parts 

 and orpiment one part are rubbed into an emulsion with cow's 

 urine, and applied to the patches of white leprosy or leucoderma. 3 



Somardji taila. Take of vdkuchi seeds, twelve seers and a half. 



four 



seers. Take of 





the seeds of Cassia Tora (chakramarda) twelve 

 water sixty-four seers, and boil down to sixteen seers. Boil these 

 two deoootions with sixteen seers of oow's urine, sixteen seers of 

 mustard oil and the following substanoes in the form of a paste, 

 namely root of Plumbago rosea (raktachitrdka) 9 of Gloriosa superba 

 (Idnguli), ginger, turmeric, pdtchak root, seeds of Pongamia glabra 



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( apardjitd ), of Nerium odorum 



bark 



(saptaparni) , wood of Acacia catechu ( 



Racemasa ( ladhra ), black pepper, nim leaves, leaves of Cassia 



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