[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.s4.35 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s4.35 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s4.35 - **Language:** English ### [c4.s4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s4.35) दोलायन्त्र. When medicines, tied in a piece of cloth or other material, are suspended and boiled in a pot of water, the apparatus is called \*Dolá yantra\*. The steam-bath called \*Svedana yantra\* is got up by covering the mouth of a pot of boiling water with a piece of cloth, placing the medicines to be heated by steam on this cloth, and then covering them with another pot. - [Previous: c4.s4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s4.34) - [Next: c4.s4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s4.36) - [Up: c4.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s4.35) · Pramāṇa