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that can be taken tip by the paint of a needle, hence it i9 oalled 

 suchikdbharana. It is given in remittent fever with cerebral 

 complications. 



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Kdldnala rasa. l -Take of black cobra poison, sulphur, white 

 arsenic, aconite, black pepper, long pepper, ginger, borax, mercury, 

 prepared iron and copper equal parts ; soak them in the five kinds 

 of bile mentioned above and make into one-grain pills with the 

 juioe of datura root. These are given in fever with coma, delirium 

 and droweinesp. 



musk: 



Sans. whiRt, Mrigandbhi, tfmft, Kasturi. 

 The Bhavapr&kasa describes three varieties of musk, namely, 



Kdmrupa, Nepdla and Kdshmira musk. Kdmrupa musk is said to 

 be of blaok colour and superior to the others. It is probably 

 China or Thibet musk brought via Kamroop. Nepdla muek is 

 described as of bluish colour and intermediate quality, Kdshmira 

 musk is of inferior quality. 



Muek is regarded as stimulant and aphrodisiac and is used in 

 low fevers, chronic cough, general debility and impotence. In low 

 fevers with prostration, two grains of musk with two of Makara- 

 dhwaja are given every three hours with the addition of honey. 



Svalpa kasturi bhairava. * Take of oinnabar, aoonite, borax, 

 nutmeg, maoe, long pepper, blaok pepper and musk, equal parts 





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