The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s2.2

c4.s2.2

In the scale above described ninety-six *gunjás* make one *tola*. It would seem, however, that in ancient days Susruta’s scale of forty *gunjás* to a *tolá* was in general use, for the doses of powders, confections, decoctions, etc. given in the older works, are considered monstrous for the present age, and much smaller doses are given in practice. Orthodox physicians explain the large doses by saying that they were intended for a superior race of men of ancient days. The subject is involved in much obscurity and this is scarcely the place to discuss it thoroughly. In giving the doses of medicines described in this work, I will state the quantities now prescribed by native physicians in current weights, hence they will differ from the Sanskrit texts from which the prescriptions will be translated.