The Compendium of Caraka 6.7.116

6.7.116

When prepared, it should be kept in a bitter bottle-gourd; with it, the physician / should quickly break open circular patches by inunction, and destroy worms and itching. / Thus the Kanakakṣīrī Oil. / Kuṣṭha, tamālapatra, black pepper, along with realgar and green vitriol, / mixed with oil and kept for seven days in a copper vessel—