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# The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s7.t2.13

The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s7.t2.13

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### [c4.s7.t2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s7.t2.13)

\*Vidyádhara rasa.\*² Take of mercury, sulphur, prepared copper, iron pyrites, realgar and orpiment equal parts, rub them together and soak the mixture in a decoction of long pepper and in the milky juice of \*Euphorbia nereifolia\* (\*vajri\*). Make into pills about six grains each. These pills are given with honey in enlarged spleen and other enlargements of the abdominal viscera.

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