Chapter CCXVI - Medical treatment of the diseases of cows, etc.

Hari said:—To a cow, that shuns, or turns hostile to, her own calf, should be given her milk, duly milched and salted, whereby she would fondly take to her offspring. Bits of dog’s bones tied round the neck of a cow or a cow-buffalo lead to the expulsion of vermins from her body. Gunja roots internally administered would bring about the castings of horns in horned cattle. External applications of the juice of Varuna-phalas, squeezed out with the hand, would bring about the expulsion of vermins, O Shiva, from the bodies of biped and quadruped animals. O Rudra, pourings of the expressed juice of Jaya would bring about the healing of ulcers in quadrupeds. The urine of a she-elephant internally administered would remove the bodily ailments of honed cattle. Lentil seeds and Shali rice pasted with whey (Takram) and administered through the medium of cow or buffalo-milk would prove beneficial to bullocks. Sharpunkha leaves given with salt would cure the belbous eruptions (Vari-sphotam) in horses and bullocks. Ghritakumari leaves given with salt would relieve itches in horses and bullocks.