58 'Dl^ Hocrnle — Bemarlcs on Birch BarJc MS. [April, 



" The third chapter on oils extends to the obvei^se of the thirteenth 

 leaf, where it ends thus : irT^ft?I% f^^^W^" t^T^J^ft^ SIJT^: I ^rfi ttt 

 ^^^J^^T^I'^^T^*, i- e., ' (here ends) the third chapter on oils in the 

 approved compendium Navanitaka ; in the following we shall declare 

 miscellaneous prescriptions.' The following are some of the kinds of 

 oil spoken of : vald oil in 16 slokas, amrita oil in 25 slokas, aSvagandhd 

 oil, etc. 



" The fourth chapter on mixtures or miscellaneous prescriptions ends 

 on the ohverse of the seventeenth leaf, with the words : \f^ •rR^rr% 



^T^^ I i' e., ' here (ends) the fourth chapter in the Navanitaka, (called) 

 Misraka ; in the sequel I am going to declare means of improving 

 vigour and colour, by which good spirits are increased and vigour also 

 is generated.' Of this chapter I may give the following verses as a 

 specimen : — 



^?r^3r^ #^ ^NT^fiT^^^^ II [^ II ] 



ftrr^rr:gt<?j^^^w f^^^^^fj II 



qT3T ^i^^ft^W ^^fi^r i?^^lf II 



i.e. (1) 'Let thoroughly parched sesamum seed, well sprinkled 

 into thickened milk, be pressed to consistency ; or with the same sesamum 

 seed mixed with liquorice a plaster may be made for rheumatism. 



(2) Thickened goat's milk and (flour of) wheat with clarified 

 butter makes an excellent ointment. This may be considered the 

 principal remedy against rheumatism (or gout). 



The above are two prescriptions for the curing of rheumatism. 



(1) Clarified butter, oil, treacle, vinegar, and, as the fifth, ginger ; 

 these, when drunk, are an instant remedy against pains in the lower 

 part of the spine {i. e., against lumbago). 



(2) Castor-oil, the root of long pepper, the vachd-root, the Helle- 

 horus nigei\ the Stepliania Hernandifolia, and the seed of Holarrhena 

 xintidysenterica and chehulic myrohalan are a grand remedy.' 



