[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.s3.24 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s3.24 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s3.24 - **Language:** English ### [c4.s3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s3.24) घृत तैलयोर्विधि: Medicated oils and \*Ghritas\*. These are decoctions of vegetable drugs in oil or \*ghrita\* (clarified butter) and form a prominent feature of native practice. They are prepared in great varieties and are extensively used in almost all sorts of diseases. The ghritas are chiefly used internally, and the oils are rubbed on the body. They are prepared by boiling vegetable drugs in ghrita or oil, with the addition of water or other fluids such as kánjika, milk or a decoction of drugs, etc. As a general rule, the proportion of the different ingredients used is as follows :— Medicinal substances, in form of paste, one part, ghrita or oil four parts, water or other menstruum sixteen parts. When the fluids used are thick, such as decoctions or the expressed juice of vegetables, the proportion of solid paste is reduced from one-fourth to one-sixth and one-eighth respectively of the oil or ghrita. Sometimes no solid paste is used at all. - [Previous: c4.s3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s3.23) - [Next: c4.s3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s3.25) - [Up: c4.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s3.24) · Pramāṇa