Bed of wet plantain leaves in pox

Once the eruptions appear, the pox patient should always sleep on a bed spread with plantain leaves soaked in water.

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Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Banana (kadali)केला (कदली)	कदलीदल / केलों के पत्ो	Not stated

Preparation as described

Plantain leaves are soaked in water and spread on the bed.

पानी से भिगोये गए केलों के पत्ो जिस पर बिछाये हों एेसे शयन (बिछैना) में वह हमेशा सोवें।

How it is used

The patient lies on this bed.

Indicated for, as the text says

तथोदकोद्यत्कदलीदलाश्रिते शयीत नित्यं शयने मसूरिकी॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 18 · p. 386 · v. 45.

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