[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.s6.64 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s6.64 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s6.64 - **Language:** English ### [c4.s6.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s6.64) Mercury enters into the composition of several applications for skin diseases, as in the following. Take of cinnabar, sulphur, red oxide of lead, rock salt, seeds of \*Cassia tora\* (\*chakramarda\*), baberung, \*Cleome felina\* (\*svarnakshiri\*), and the root of \*Aplotaxis auriculata\* (\*kushta\*) in equal parts. Powder them, and reduce to a thin paste with the juice of datura, nim or betle leaves. This application is said to cure ringworm, eczema, prurigo, psoriasis etc.² - [Previous: c4.s6.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s6.63) - [Next: c4.s6.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s6.65) - [Up: c4.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s6.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s6.64) · Pramāṇa