[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877) › c3.3 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c3.3 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c3.3 - **Language:** English ### [c3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c3.3) In describing the general properties of individual articles I have not followed the Sanskrit texts literally. Sanskrit writers, under this head, after recounting their sensible properties, enter into minute details regarding their cooling or heating effects on the system, and their special influence on the humours which are supposed to support the machinery of life, namely, air, bile, phlegm and blood. These details are not so much the result of observation and experience as the outcome of an erroneous system of pathology and therapeutics. I have, therefore, selected for notice such portions of the texts as relate to the practical use of the drugs and their tangible effects on the system. This latitude in departing from the texts, has enabled me to bring together in one place, useful hints regarding the uses of particular drugs from different Sanskrit treatises on therapeutics. I have occasionally added remarks on their history and economic uses where I thought I had new or additional information to afford on the subject. These remarks are for the most part based on personal knowledge. - [Previous: c3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c3.2) - [Next: c3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c3.4) - [Up: c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c3.3) · Pramāṇa