[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.s6.37 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s6.37 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s6.37 - **Language:** English ### [c4.s6.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s6.37) \*Mahágandha rasa\*.² Take of mercury and sulphur each two tolás, and make a \*Parpati\* as before described. Take of nutmegs, mace, cloves, and \*nim\* leaves, each two tolás, powder them well, mix together, and inclose the mixture within bi-valve shells. Cover the shells with a layer of clay and roast in fire. When cool, extract the medicine from the shells. It is administered in doses of about four grains in the acute diarrhœa of children. - [Previous: c4.s6.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s6.36) - [Next: c4.s6.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s6.38) - [Up: c4.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s6.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s6.37) · Pramāṇa