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The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s7.t1.6

The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s7.t1.6

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c4.s7.t1.6

Dárubrahma rasa.¹ Take of white arsenic, cinnabar, datura seeds and long pepper, equal parts, and make into four-grain pills with lemon juice. They are given with the juice of tulsi (leaves of Ocimum sanctum) in remittent fever with shivering, incoherent speech or wandering, profuse perspiration or much heat of body, difficult breathing, etc. The dose of arsenic in this medicine is very large and may induce unpleasant symptoms.