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A footnote describes purifying bhallataka: the nuts (printed 8) are put in a sack and lightly crushed, taken out, covered with brick powder and kept for a day; next day they are washed with…

After purifying the body by emesis, purgation and the like and lodging the patient in a good house, the physician gives him a decoction of bhallataka every morning, having first had ghee…

In its survey of the Vedic period the introduction says the story of the sage Cyavana supports a formula (yoga) that restores youth.