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dyspepsia, diarrhoea, urinary complaints, ascites and anasarca, 

 A pure milk-diet to the exclusion of every other article ( not 

 excepting even salt and water ) is often prescribed in the later 

 stages of anasarca, ascites and chronic bowel complaints. Along 

 with this milk diet, some sort of medicine, finch as Dugdha vati, 

 Svrnaparpati or Mdna manda, is usually prescribed. 



m Takra or butter-milk. Four sorts of butter- milk are des- 

 oribed, namely ghola or pure butter milk 



admixture 



water, takra or butter- milk with one-fourth part of water, udasi 

 or that mixed with half its bulk of water, and chhachchhikd or 

 very dilute butter-milk. The eeoond form called takra is used in 

 medioine and as an article of sick diet. It is regarded as astringent, 

 light, cooling, appetizing, nutritive, tonic, and useful in diarrhcea, 

 dysentery, dyspepsia, urinary diseases, ascites, poisoning, etc. 

 It is not suited to the weak, or consumptive nor to those suffering 

 from fever and nervousness. The habitual use of butter-milk is 

 said to be oonduoive to health and a preservative againBt disease. 



Sf* Badhi or curdled milk is prepared by adding some aoid or 

 a little curdled milk as a ferment to milk previously boiled. In 

 the course of twelve hours the whole of the milk thus acted upon 

 is changed into a more or less thick, acidulous, jelly-like mass. 

 It is considered agreeable, digestive and cooling, and is much used 

 as an article of diet by all classes of natives. Taken to excess it 

 causes bilioueness and catarrh. It is useful in fever, diarrhoaa, 

 ojeentery, urinary disorders and disinclination for food. 



1* Mastu or whey is said to have properties similar to those 

 of curdled milk. In particular it is said to favour the circulation 

 of the animal fluids and to be useful in constipation. 



f*Sl** KiUtaka or curd of milk ( Vem. chhend, Beng. ) ia hard 

 °* digestion, but is nourishing, tonic and suited to persons wito 

 strong digestive powers. 



*mp™ Santiniki or cre»m « >i*° »"* ai ^^^ *"* 



^ouriehing, agreeable and demulcent. 



*** Navanita or butter is tonic, astringent, ^^l 

 'tomaehie and useful in phthisis, piles, facial paralysis, etc. 

 ^ees best with the old and young. 



