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==== Measurement ====
==== Measurement ====
The quantity, or dosage, of medication in the case of topical medicines is measured by the thickness of the layer of paste. Typically, it should be equivalent to the thickness of fresh skin of a buffalo 24. Thickness of a layer of ''pralepa'' should be equivalent to the thickness of a typical ''chandana'' (sandal paste) application. ''Pradeha'' is typically applied as a thick paste or bolus (''pinda'')25. Thus, it is thin and thick pastes for application of ''pralepa/anulepana'' and ''pradeha'' respectively 26,27.
The quantity, or dosage, of medication in the case of topical medicines is measured by the thickness of the layer of paste. Typically, it should be equivalent to the thickness of fresh skin of a buffalo <ref>Ibidem Sushruta Samhitā (9), Su.18/10.</ref>. Thickness of a layer of ''pralepa'' should be equivalent to the thickness of a typical ''chandana'' (sandal paste) application. ''Pradeha'' is typically applied as a thick paste or bolus (''pinda'')<ref>Ibidem Dalhana, commentator (18), Su 18/6. </ref>. Thus, it is thin and thick pastes for application of ''pralepa/anulepana'' and ''pradeha'' respectively <ref>Ibidem Sushruta Samhitā (9), Su.18/6.</ref>
<ref>YogindraNathSen, commentator, Charaka Samhitā,Ni.1/36.</ref>
==== Indication and contraindications ====
==== Indication and contraindications ====