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which is made as follows : Take black salt and the three kinds 

 of myrobalan (the beleric, the chebulic and the emblic) ; also 

 Indian mustard seed {rd,i), haehrl, omum seed, dry ginger, and 

 moringa-bark^ — equal parts of all; roughly pound and mix 

 together in a large onafhdJ' Add a large quantity of sour curds 

 (dahJ) mixed with less than its own bulk of water and then 

 strained through cloth. Cover the mathd with a plate and then 

 bury it in horse-dung, in a shaded place. Remove it after it has 

 '^ cooked^' a week. G-ive daily, after the evening feed, 8 ozs. 

 of the mixture, and continue for twenty days ; if given for 

 longer, the benefit will be more. This receipt is equally good 

 in the extremes of heat and cold in the hot or cold weather. If, 

 however, given in the cold weather, vinegar should be substituted 

 for the curds.'^ 



Digestive given with Maheld. — As a digestive, when feeding 

 on maheld,'^ mix daily fenugreek seed^ with it. If this is done the 

 horse will require no viasdlih. Should the horse be fed on raw 

 grain, then the fenugreek must be soaked and given with it. 

 Item: take 2 or 3 lbs. of common fennel^ and parch half; 

 pound the whole and mix; give 4 ozs. daily after the evening 

 feed, and then put on the bridle, and make the horse fast for three 

 hours. This receipt was given me by a friend. 



Profuse Staling. — Profuse staling,'' i.e., staling every moment, 

 is a sign of coldness {sardl), or of cold and damp [bddJ) in the 

 temperament. Remedy : take four told weight of fenugreek seed 

 or of soijd,^ and give for three or four days in the evening feed. 



Warts. — The following is a well-tried receipt for warts.^ Take 



1 (Sa/iajna, the horse-radish tree ; moringa pterygosperma. 



2 Matkd, a large earthen jar. 



■^ In the Zl7iaP' 'IKhayl the receipt is, mustard seed, omum seed, the 

 three myrobalans, dry ginger, kachrl, black salt, moringa-bark, pdvka, 

 soncliar-vamali, sendhd salt ; equal quantities, pounded and mixed. Then 

 three times the weight of curds is mixed with a little water, strained, 

 and added, &c., &c. 



* Maheld, properly a mash of moth. Formerly dealers always fed on 

 boiled grain, so maheld came to mean any soft cooked food, 



^ About 8 ozs. 



^ Saunf, Foeniculum vulgare, 



7 Salas''^ ^l-hawl, subs. 



^ Soya or sowd, the Dill, Peucedanum graveolens. 



^ Massd, H., m., a wart. 



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