A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c14.25

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One hundred or more formulations are described: nine preparations in amla,55 four kinds of urine, sauvīraka,56 tuṣodaka,57 prasannā,58 or a kaṣāya of triphalā (7.12cd–13), twelve in a saline solution (7.14),59 eighteen preparations with cow’s urine (7.15–17ab), 60 two with madhuka (liquorice) (7.17cd),61 fourteen of the same type as the preceding ones, but with jīvaka and thirteen other drugs (7.18–20ab), seven preparations in milk and six other substances (7.20cd–21ab), eight kinds of leha (7.21cd–27, 29–32, 37–39),62 four kinds of sitāyoga (7.28),63 five preparations in a pānaka,64 meat broth (rasa),65 yūṣa,66 in modakas,67 or in a rāgaṣāḍava68 (7.33–35),69 five kinds of modaka (7.36–55),70 six preparations to be prescribed in accordance with the seasons (7.56–64),71 two kinds of tarpaṇa (7.65–66ab), four in milk and ghee (7.66cd–68),72 two kinds of alcoholic preparation73 (7.69–71),74 one in sauvīraka (7.72),75 one in tuṣodaka (7.73),76 ten in a ṣāḍava and other types of preparation (7.74).77