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After the maturity of ''ama'' (product of indigestion), if the patient experiences loose motions along with scybalous feces associated with colic pain and mucus very frequently in small quantities, and if there is griping pain, then he should be given food along with the soup of ''mulaka, badara, upodikā, kshirini, yavāni, vāstuka, suvarchala, chanchu'' (''nadika''), leaves of ''avalguja, shati, karkaruka, jivanti, chirbhata'' (karkati), ''lonika, patha'' or ''shushka-shaka'' (''kasamarda'' according to Chakrapani). These soups should be cooked along with curd (yogurt) and ''dadima'', and added with ghee in copious quantities [30-33]

After the maturity of ''ama'' (product of indigestion), if the patient experiences loose motions along with scybalous feces associated with colic pain and mucus very frequently in small quantities, and if there is griping pain, then he should be given food along with the soup of ''mulaka, badara, upodikā, kshirini, yavāni, vāstuka, suvarchala, chanchu'' (''nadika''), leaves of ''avalguja, shati, karkaruka, jivanti, chirbhata'' (karkati), ''lonika, patha'' or ''shushka-shaka'' (''kasamarda'' according to Chakrapani). These soups should be cooked along with curd (yogurt) and ''dadima'', and added with ghee in copious quantities [30-33]

==== Treatment of pravāhikā (dysentery) ====

==== Treatment of ''pravahika'' (dysentery) ====

कल्कःस्याद्बालबिल्वानांतिलकल्कश्चतत्समः |  

कल्कःस्याद्बालबिल्वानांतिलकल्कश्चतत्समः |  

दध्नःसरोऽम्लस्नेहाद्यःखडोहन्यात्प्रवाहिकाम् ||३४||  

दध्नःसरोऽम्लस्नेहाद्यःखडोहन्यात्प्रवाहिकाम् ||३४||  

kalkaḥ syādbālabilvānāṁ tilakalkaśca tatsamaḥ|  

kalkaḥ syādbālabilvānāṁ tilakalkaśca tatsamaḥ|  

dadhnaḥ sarō'mlasnēhādyaḥ khaḍō hanyāt pravāhikām||34||  

dadhnaḥ sarō'mlasnēhādyaḥ khaḍō hanyāt pravāhikām||34||  

kalkaH syAdbAlabilvAnAM tilakalkashca tatsamaH|  

kalkaH syAdbAlabilvAnAM tilakalkashca tatsamaH|  

dadhnaH saro~amlasnehAdyaH khaDo hanyAt pravAhikAm||34||  

dadhnaH saro~amlasnehAdyaH khaDo hanyAt pravAhikAm||34||  

The following khada (a sour appetiser) cures pravahikā (dysentery):

The following ''khada'' (a sour appetizer) cures ''pravahika'' (dysentery):

• It is prepared by adding the paste of tender fruits of bilva, equal quantities of the paste of sesame, cream of sour curd and copious quantities of ghee [34].

 

*It is prepared by adding the paste of tender fruits of ''bilva'', equal quantities of the paste of sesame, cream of sour curd and copious quantities of ghee [34].

==== Treatment of varcha-kshaya (scanty formation of stool) ====

==== Treatment of varcha-kshaya (scanty formation of stool) ====