[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.s6.62 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s6.62 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s6.62 - **Language:** English ### [c4.s6.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s6.62) For fumigation in primary syphilis, about half a drachm of the black sulphide, mixed with one fourth part of wheat-flour, is employed daily for seven days in succession.¹ In secondary syphilitic eruptions the following composition is used for fumigation. Take of cinnabar one tolá, realgar half a tolá, powder and mix. About fifteen grains of this is used at a time. Powders for fumigation are heated over a fire of jujube tree wood, and the vapour is applied to the skin under cover in a closed room. - [Previous: c4.s6.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s6.61) - [Next: c4.s6.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s6.63) - [Up: c4.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s6.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s6.62) · Pramāṇa