[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.s18.9 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s18.9 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s18.9 - **Language:** English ### [c4.s18.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s18.9) Lime is used in various combinations as a caustic for different diseases. Thus a mixture of conch-shell lime, impure carbonate of soda (\*sarjiká\*) and the ashes of \*Raphanus sativus\* (\*mulaka\*), is applied to tumours and enlarged glands.⁴ A mixture of lime, carbonate of soda, sulphate of copper and borax is applied as a caustic to tumours and warts. Lime enters into the composition of depilatories. Thus take of conch-shell lime three tolás, orpiment and the ashes of \*Butea frondosa\* (\*palása\*), one tolá each, and rub them together with the juice of plantain stalks or of \*Calotropis gigantea\* (\*arka\*). This paste is applied seven times to the part from which the hair is to be removed.⁵ - [Previous: c4.s18.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s18.8) - [Next: c4.s18.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s18.10) - [Up: c4.s18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s18.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s18.9) · Pramāṇa