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intermittent fever with debility, spirit distilled from rice, together 

 with the flesh of fowls is recommended to be given as diet by 

 most writers, but their advice is not followed in the present day. 1 

 Several preparations of spirit distilled from treacle with the 

 addition of various medicinal and aromatic substances are used 

 in different diseases. The following is an example. 



Mritasanjivani surd} Take of new treacle eight hnudred tolas 

 and steep it in thirty times its weight of water. Add to the mixture - 

 the following substances in the form of a paste, namely, pinger 

 sixteen tolas, bark of Acacia Arabzca two seers, of Ziziphus Jujuba 

 (kola) two seers, of Symplocos racemosa (lodhra) half a seer, 

 betel-nuts as many as desired ; stir in a large earthen vessel, and 

 keep the mixture for twenty days in a covered jar. After this 

 period remove the fermented fluid to a distilling apparatus, and 

 add to it, the following aromatic substances, namely, betelnuts, 

 cloves, sandal wood, cumin seeds, djowan, black pepper, ginger, 

 nutmegs, cardamoms, cinnamon, tejapatra leaves, fennel seeds, 

 aigella seeds, the fragrant substances called elavdluka, padma- 



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eaoh eight tolas, in coarse powder, and distil. This distilled 

 liquor ia used as a tonic, astringent and invigorating drink. 



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