Part 17 - Treatment for diarrhea (8): Sudha-sindhu rasa

Two parts of sulphur, eight parts of conch-shell, and one part of mercury arc to be rubbed together with milk of arka. The compound is then to be subjected, tor seven times, to bhavana with the decoction of the roots of chitraka. It is next to be mixed with half its quantity of jabaksara, rubbed with the milk of arka, made into lumps, and dried. These lumps are then to be put into an earthen pot, the inner sufarce of which has been smeared with lime. The mouth of the pot is then to be duly closed by an earthen basin, the joint being cemented by mud and rags. The pot is then to be subjected to heat by puta. This medicine cures diarrhoea, acute and chronic. Dose, four raktis, each, to be taken with powdered maricha and a little of clarified butter. Diet, boiled rice with curd.