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prevalence of coldness in the temperament, and the horse should 

 be treated by the above-mentioned hot medicines. 



If yellowish and thick, it indicates a prevalence of " cold and 

 damp" {bddi), and the customary medicines for bddl should be 

 administered. 



Redness of urine also indicates bddl, and calls for the treatment 

 already mentioned. 



If the urine is dark and bloody, then heat prevails in the 

 temperament. Give for a few days triphald^ and katlrd^ gina^ and 

 of white cumin seed ^ a quantity equal to both : dose as above, 

 viz., 5 tolas ; continue the treatment till recovery. 



Loose and very foul-smelling dung is a sign of a disordered 

 digestion. Stop the horse's grain ^ for a few days and give spices^ 

 for several days mixed with a told of powdered Indian hemp,^ 

 which is the most important ingredient. Should the dung be 

 quite liquid, give for three days 2 ozs. of the stalk of Indian hemp. 

 This will stop the purging. Item : take two tulds of camphire,^ 

 and one of Jcatlrd gum, with one mdsha^ of cumin seed,^ and one 

 told of the kernels of the beP^ fruit, dried or fresh. Pound, sift, 

 mix, and then knead into a dough with water. Give half in the 

 morning and half in the evening, to stop the purging. 



Should there be in the dung the appearance of grease, it is 

 mucus {dnw). Give, as a cure, Indian mustard seed.^^ 



1 Vide note 5, page 14. 



2 Katlrd in Arabic and Persian is gum tragacauth ; but in Indian 

 bazars this name is given to a gum obtained both from the white silk- 

 cotton tree (^Gochlospermum Qossypium) and the tree Stetculia urens. 

 Katlrd is commonly given by Indian saises to bring a mare " out of 

 season." 



^ Safed zira. 



* Dana, here " grain " ; vulgarly it means " gram." 



^ Masdlih. For indigestion, the following is usually given by 

 dealers : dry ginger, Indian brown mustard seed (sinapis juncea), omwn 

 seeds, salt ; equal parts are pounded and mixed ; dose, 2 ozs. ; given in the 

 hot season before watering in the morning, and in the cold, at night. 



^ Sabzl, " greens ; herbs, &c." is, as here, a slang term for bhang. 



7 Hinnd, Ar., Liwsonia alba, the Henna or Egyptian privet or 

 camphire. 



^ One mdsha about 16 grs. There are 12 masha in a told. 



' Zira. 



10 JEgle Marmelos. 



11 Bd,l ; about 2 ozs. are cirashed and mixed with d(a and given for 

 four or five days. 



