[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.s6.42 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s6.42 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s6.42 - **Language:** English ### [c4.s6.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.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. - [Previous: c4.s6.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s6.41) - [Next: c4.s6.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s6.43) - [Up: c4.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s6.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s6.42) · Pramāṇa