[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.s27.2 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s27.2 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s27.2 - **Language:** English ### [c4.s27.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s27.2) Two sorts of gairiká or ochre are mentioned by Sanskrit writers, namely, red and yellow. The red variety, called also Raktapáshána is used in medicine. It is a silicate of alumina coloured with oxide of iron It is purified by being soaked in milk seven times, and is described as sweetish, astringent, cooling, and usefnl in ulcers, burns, boils etc. It is rarely used internally except as an ingredient of some of the complex prescriptions containing a large number of mineral drugs, such as the preparation called Jvarakunjara párindra rasa, which contains nearly all the mineral substances. - [Previous: c4.s27.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s27.1) - [Next: c4.s27.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s27.3) - [Up: c4.s27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s27) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s27.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s27.2) · Pramāṇa