The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s1.t2.6

c5.s1.t2.6

In the fever, diarrhœa, cough, and irritability of stomach of infants, átis is used alone or in the following combination. Take of átis, tubers of Cyperus rotundus (mustaka) and the horny excrescence of Rhus succedanea (karkatasringi), equal parts, powder and mix. This compound powder is given in suitable doses with the addition of honey. Sometimes long pepper is added to the above ingredients, when the powder is called Bála-cháturbhadraka,² from its being composed of four ingredients.