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and in the preparation of oils, deoootions, etc. It ie described as 

 laxative, diuretic and useful in constipation, suppression of urine, 

 colic, anasarca, jaundice, leprosy and other skin diseases. Goat's 

 urine is Bometimes given internally as for example in the 

 prescription quoted under Nardostachys jatamansi. In congestive 

 fever with constipation, flushed face and headaohe, an ounce of 

 fresh and warm cow's urine is given as a domestic medicine. It 

 is sometimes given as the vehicle for administering castor oil, 

 (see page 231). Cow's urine is used in the preparation of various 

 medicines for jaundice, anasarca and allied diseases. The 

 following is an illustration. 



Punarnavd mandura. 1 Take of Boerhaavia diffusa (punarnavd) 

 Ipomtta Turpcthum (trivrit), ginger, long pepper, black pepper, 

 bdbcrang seeds, devaddru wood, plumbago root, pdtchak root, the 

 three myrobalants, turmeric, wood of Herberts Asiatica, (ddru- 

 haridra ) root of Baliospcrmum montanum, ( danti ) Piper Chaba 



(chavikd 



( katuki ) 



long pepper root and the tubers of Cyperus rotundus ( mustaka ), 

 equal parts ; iron rust in weight equal to twice that of all the 

 other ingredients ; mix them together and boil the mixed powder 

 in eight times its weight of cow'e urine till the watery parts is 

 evaporated. Dose, about twenty -two grains, in jaundice, ascites, 

 anasarca, enlargements of the abdominial viscera, painful 

 dyspepsia etc, 



Marichddya iaila. Take of mustard oil four aeers, aow'fl 

 urine sixteen seers, aconite eight tolas, orpiment, realgar, black 

 pepper, milky juice of Calotropis gigantea (arfca), root of Neriuwi 

 odorum (karavira), root of Ipomosa Turpeihum (trivrit), aolooynth 

 root, Aplotaxis auriculuta ( kushtha ), turmeric, wood of Berberis 

 Aslatica (ddruharidrd) , devaddru wood, and red sandal wood, each 

 four tolas, and prepare an oil in the usual way. This oil is said to 



