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ततः सुगुप्तं संस्थाप्य कार्यकाले प्रयोजयेत् । अथादाय ततो मात्रां जर्जरीकृत्य वासयेत् ॥ ६ ॥

Afterwards it is preserved in a secret (safe) place and made used of at the time of treatment. Next, that much quantity (determined as the suitable dose) is taken out, powdered nicely and kept soaked for one night in the decoction of either

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शर्वरीं मधुयष्ट्या वा कोविदारस्य वा जले । कर्बुदारस्य बिम्ब्या वा नीपस्य विदुलस्य वा ॥ ७ ॥

Glycyrrhiza glabra, or Bauhinia variegata karbudārasya – Luffa echinata, bimbyā vā – Coccinia indica, nīpasya – Anthocephalus indicus, vidulasya vā – Barringtonia acutangula,

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शणपुष्प्याः सदापुष्प्याः प्रत्यक्पुष्प्युदकेऽथवा । ततः पिबेत्कषायं तं प्रातर्मृदितगालितम् ॥ ८ ॥

śaṇapuṣpyāḥ – Crotalaria verrucosa, sadāpuṣpyāḥ – Vinca rosea, or decoction of pratyakpuṣpyā athavā – Achyranthus aspera, decoction. Next morning The mix is squeezed, macerated, filtered, consumed

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सूत्रोदितेन विधिना साधु तेन तथा वमेत् । श्लेष्मज्वरप्रतिश्यायगुल्मान्तर्विद्रधीषु च ॥ ९ ॥

followed by drinking of the same decoction, in the manner as described, in sutrasthana (chapter 18). By this, the patient vomits without any difficulty. In diseases such as fever of Kapha origin, Nasal catarrh,

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प्रच्छर्दयेद्विशेषेण यावत्पित्तस्य दर्शनम् । फलपिप्पलीचूर्णं वा क्वाथेन स्वेन भावितम् ॥ १० ॥

abdominal tumour and internal abscess, vomiting should be allowed especially till the appearance of Pitta (bile in the vomitus). phalapippalī cūrṇaṃ – Powder of the seeds of Randia dumetorum macerated in the decoction of its own (of the seeds)

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