[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) › c4.s15.21 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s15.21 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s15.21 - **Language:** English ### [c4.s15.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s15.21) \*Galitakushthári rasa\*.¹ Take of mercury, sulphur, prepared copper and iron, bdellium, plumbago root, \*silájatu\*, nux vomica, and the three myrobalans, each one part, prepared talc and the seeds of \*Pongamia glabra\* (\*karanja\*), four parts each, rub together with honey and ghee, and preserve in an earthen pot smeared with ghee. Dose about a drachm. It is given in leprosy with ulceration of the toes and fingers. The diet should consist of fine rice, milk, sugar and honey. The patient must live apart from his wife. - [Previous: c4.s15.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s15.20) - [Next: c4.s15.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s15.22) - [Up: c4.s15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s15.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s15.21) · Pramāṇa