A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c25.844

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The average dose of a niryāsa is four pala; it is a karṣa for a kalka and a cūrṇa; three pala of a fluid should be added to a kalka or cūrṇa (8.16);¹⁰⁰ a niryūha should be prepared by adding half a prastha water to a pala of the drug and boiling it until a quarter of the original quantity remains (8.17);¹⁰¹ one pala of the drug and six, respectively four, pala water are required for the preparation of a śīta, respectively phāṇṭa (8.18);¹⁰² the ratios of the ingredients for the preparation of a sneha (8.19).