[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.s7.t2.20 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s7.t2.20 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s7.t2.20 - **Language:** English ### [c4.s7.t2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s7.t2.20) Orpiment forms an ingredient of several external applications for skin diseases. Thus, take of orpiment, wood of \*Berberis lycium\* (\*dáruharidrá\*), seeds of \*Raphanus sativus\* (\*mulaka\*), wood of \*Pinus Deodara\* and betle leaves, each two tolás, burnt conch-shell half a tolá, beat them together with water into a thin paste. This paste is an useful application in psoriasis.¹ - [Previous: c4.s7.t2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s7.t2.19) - [Next: c4.s7.t2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s7.t2.21) - [Up: c4.s7.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s7.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s7.t2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s7.t2.20) · Pramāṇa