[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.s19.7 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s19.7 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s19.7 - **Language:** English ### [c4.s19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s19.7) सौवर्चल \*Sauvarchala\* called \*sonchal\* or \*kálánimak\* in Hindustani is said to be aromatic, agreeable and digestive, and useful in the same sort of cases as \*vitlavana\*. It is described in the Report on Punjab Products as “a dark colored salt said to be made by dissolving common salt in a solution of “\*sajimáti\*” (crude soda) and evaporating it; this salt contains chloride of sodium, sulphate of soda, caustic soda and a little sulphate of sodium, but no carbonate of soda.” \*Sonchal\* salt is not available in the drug shops of Calcutta. Some Bengali physicians give this name to a crystalline form of rock salt, but up-country physicians always translate \*sauvarchala\* as \*sonchal\* or \*kálánimak\*. The latter interpretation appears also to obtain in the Punjab where a specimen of \*sonchal\* salt from Ram Sing, a noted druggist, is said in the Report on Punjab Products, “to be a salt of the same kind as \*kálánimak\*.” - [Previous: c4.s19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s19.6) - [Next: c4.s19.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s19.8) - [Up: c4.s19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s19.7) · Pramāṇa