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Vulture and owl dung mixed with ghee is used to fumigate a child seized by the Revati graha at both twilights.

The introduction says that the treatment portion of the Kalyāṇakāraka resembles Caraka to a large extent, apart from the parts dealing with honey, wine and meat.

The child is fumigated with the body hair, hair and nails of bull and man, the elephant's tusk (nails in the verse), and vulture and owl dung, all mixed and soaked in ghee.

At both twilights the child is fumigated with vulture and owl dung mixed with ghee, and is made to wear the bark of varuna and neem, which is said to ward off the Revati graha.

Body hair, hair and nails of bull and man, elephant tusk, and vulture and owl dung, mixed and soaked in ghee, are used to fumigate a child seized by the Kimpurusha graha.