The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s6.42

c4.s6.42

*Rasendra gudiká.*² Take of purified mercury two tolás. Add to it one tolá of the juice of *jayanti* leaves (*Sesbania Ægyptica*) and of fresh ginger, rub together till the mixture thickens, then soak it in the juice of *Jussiœa repens* (*kanchata*) and *Solanum Indicum* (*vrihati*) respectively for twenty-four hours. Take of purified sulphur eight tolás and soak in the juice of *Verbesina calendulacea* (*bhringarája*). When dry, mix the sulphur with the mercury, and rub together with sixteen tolás of goat-milk till the mass is fit for being made into pills. Dose about four grains, to be taken with goat-milk and juice of ginger. This pill is useful in bronchitis and cough generally.