Hindu Medicine c7.72

c7.72

Other stanzas refer to the actual implements of the treatment; the herbs are besought to bestow their life-giving essence upon the arcanum (12, 17, 25, 27). Possessed of the virtues of the elixir of immortality, or the milk of life, this arcanum is administered as a potion, acting internally to drive consumption out of every part of the patient's body. As an external measure, the patient has tied to himself an amulet of herbs, whose "tiger-like" strength is praised (14).