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which the powder is repeatedly mixed and pounded with cer- 
tain liquids, exposed to the sun, and then dried; 7.¢., the 
preparation is to be treated with fish gall, 7 times; goat’s gall, 
7 times ; peacock’s gall, 7 times; wild boar’s gall, 7 times. 
A second method is: Mercury, 1 part; snake-poison, 2 parts; 
to be mixed and evaporated in a retort, the vapor collected in 
a receiver, and kept for use in stoppered vials. This to be 
used hypodermically at the centre of the scalp in epilepsy and 
snake-bites. 
No. 2. Aghora-nrisinha-rasa: Sulphuretted mercury, 2 
parts; oxidized burnt copper, 1 part; oxidized burnt iron, 2. 
parts ; oxidized burnt tin, 3 parts; burnt mica, 4 parts; pu- 
rified red.arsenic, 1 part; a preparation of gold and mercury 
with sulphur, 1 part; snake-poison, 4 parts; ginger (long 
and black pepper), 4 parts; aconite, 46 parts. These ingre- 
dients pounded and mixed together are subjected to the liquid 
process with the following substances: Fish bile, 7 times; 
buffalo’s bile, 7 times; Rakta-chitra, 7 times; goat’s bile, 7 
times ; peacock’s bile, 7 times; boar’s bile, 7 times. 
Third method, or Prataépa-lankeshvara, is compounded of 
sulphuretted mercury, 2 parts ; burnt mica, 1 part; vermilion, 
1 part; aconite, 1 part; borax, 1 part; burnt copper, 1 part; 
burnt iron, 1 part; burnt tin, 1 part; licorice, 1 part; root 
and stem of the Sida cordifolia, 1 part; tubers of the Cype- 
rus hexastachyus, 1 part; Renukd (an aromatic seed like 
pepper), 1 part; resin of the Balsamodendron agalocha, 1 
part; red arsenic, 1 part; snake-poison, 1 part; flowers of 
the Mesua ferrea, 1 part. These to be reduced to a fine 
powder and mixed, and then to be subjected to the liquid pro- 
cess with the following substances, viz.: Decoction of the 
three pungents, 7 times; juice of Datura stram., 7 times; 
juice of Cannab. Indica, 7 times; juice of the Rakta-chitra, 
