[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.s3.31 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s3.31 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s3.31 - **Language:** English ### [c4.s3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s3.31) For purifying castor oil, the following ingredients are used, namely, madder, tubers of \*Cyperus rotundus\* (\*mustaka\*), coriander, the three myrobalans, leaves of \*Sesbania aculeata\* (\*vaijayanti\*), \*Pavonia odorata\* (\*hrivera\*), wild dates, tender red buds of \*Ficus Bengalensis\* (\*vaṭasunga\*), turmeric, wood of \*Berberis Asiatica\* (\*dáruharidrá\*), the bark called \*naliká\*, ginger and the shoots of \*Pandanus odoratissimus\* (\*ketaki\*), each half a tolá for four seers of oil. Castor oil should be boiled with equal parts of whey and \*kánjika\* (fermented paddy water) along with the above ingredients.∗ - [Previous: c4.s3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s3.30) - [Next: c4.s3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s3.32) - [Up: c4.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s3.31) · Pramāṇa