This is of two kinds, a dry, and a sweating, kind. The method of cure
among the natives is as follows:
Sweating kind.
Take of Chook, Khoot, Lahoria Nemuk, each two parts; Black Till Oil,
12 parts; mix and rub in for 14 days.
Dry kind.
Let a hole be dug in the earth, and fire kindled therein, till the
ground becomes well heated; strew the bottom of the excavation with
Mudar leaves, and sprinkle on them new milk, till the fumes arise. The
feet to be placed in the hole, on the leaves, and a blanket to be
spread over, and round the knees, to prevent the escape of the heated
vapour. In this manner the patient is to sit till the place becomes
cold; and this is to be repeated for seven days, when the cure will
be complete.
In the opinion of the Physicians of Hindostan, the human frame is
divided into seven principal parts. These are chyle, blood, muscles,
fat, bones, brain, marrow, and semen.