190 Dr. Hoernle— An instalment of the Ttower Manuscript. [No. 3, 
oleaginous substance is given as a purgative and various secretories 
administered to the nose. 73 
(Yerse 96.) Tvak-patra (bark and leaves of cinnamon), Mamsi 
(Nardostachys jatamansi) , Nata 60 and Chandana (white sandal), Manahsila 
(realgar), Vyagbranakka 74 , Harenu ( Piper aurantiacum) ; Arnbla (ta¬ 
marind ?), Kushtlia ( Saussurea auriculata ), the two Surasa (Tulsi-plant), 
and the two Haridra (turmerics) 75 , applied as a face-plaster, act as 
remedies against poison. 
(Yerse 97a.) Murva ( Sanseviera zeylanica ), Asvagandha ( Physalis 
flexuosa ), the three Myrobalans 30 , Karanja ( Pongamia glabra ), applied as 
a face-plaster, act as a remedy against dropsy. 
(Yerse 97 b.) Murva, mixed with cow’s urine, and applied as a face- 
plaster, is said to be a remedy against dropsy. 
(Yerse 98.) While a plaster is applied to the face of a patient, he 
should not laugh, nor weep, nor enjoy sleep, nor should he eat. Nor 
should he warm himself at a fire, nor let the plaster become dry. 
(Yerse 99.) Abhilu and ntlika 76 , moreover skin-diseases, freckles, 
and suppurating 77 eruptions of a person are instantly cured, and the 
eye and face relieved, through the application of a face-plaster. 
(Yerse 100.) If one laughs or eats while a plaster is applied to his 
face, his phlegm as well as his wind will be deranged, and if he sleeps, 
they will quickly grow to excess : in such a case secretories should be 
applied to the head, oleaginous substances also should be administered 
and fumes inhaled. 78 
73 See note 78. 
74 Vyughranakha is mentioned in the eleventh group of drugs in the Susruta 
I, 38, p. 141. Dr. Dutt, in his translation (p. 164), says that it is “a fragrant sub¬ 
stance like a nail, the operculirm of Purpura and Murex.” Dallana Mishra’s com¬ 
mentary (p. 309) identifies it with Yrihannakha or Vrihannakhi. 
75 On the two Surasd (Ocimum sanctum) see Dallana Mishra’s commentary to 
Susruta I, 38 (8th list) ; also Dutt’s Mat. Med , p. 219. They are the white and black 
varieties of the Tulsi-plant. On the two Haridrd (Curcuma longa) see Dutt’s 
Mat. Med., p. 256: “ The term haridra- dve, or the two Turmerics, signifies turmeric 
and the wood of Berberis Asiatica. They are often used together ..., and their 
properties are said to be analogous.” 
76 Abhilu and niliJca I cannot find in any dictionary. As the remedy is both 
for the eyes and the face, they would seem to denote two different kinds of eye- 
diseases, while the following group comprises various kinds of skin-diseases of the face. 
77 This is conjectural; the MS. has sa-pilpd or perhaps sa-pilpam. I cannot 
find the word pilpa noticed in any Sanskrit dictionary. Hindi has a word pip or pib 
meaning ‘suppuration,’ ‘pus,’ and a verb pibiydnd ‘to suppurate.’ Pip might go 
back to a Prakrit form pippa, and this to Sanskrit pilpa. 
78 The iiraso vireka or siro-virdchana , ‘secretory applied to the head’ is one of 
the ndsya or applications of medicated substances to the nose. Its- object is to cause 
