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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), Icachrl, omum seed, dry ginger, ^nd 

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

 together in a large mathd? Add a large quantity of sour curds 

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

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

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

 " cooked " a week. Give daily, after the evening feed, 8 ozs. 

 of the mixture, and continue for twenty days j 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 masdlih. 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. 



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

 is a sign of coldness (sardi), or of cold and damp {bddl) in the 

 temperament. Remedy : take four told weight of fenugreek seed 

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



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



^ Sahajndj the horse-radish tree ; moringa pterygosperma. 



2 Mat Jed, a large earthen jar. 



5 In the Zinat^ 'IKhayl the receipt is, mustard seed, omum seed, the 

 three myrobalane, dry ginger, kachrt, black salt, moriDga-bark, pdnka, 

 sonchar-vamak, sendhd salt ; equal quantities, pounded and mixed. Then 

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

 and added, &c., &c. 



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

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



' About 8 ozs. 



* Saunf, Fceniculam vulgare. 

 7 Salas^ 'l-bawl, subs. 



® Soya or sotod, the Dill, Peucedanwm graveolens. 

 ' Massd, H., m., a wart. 



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