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# The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s10.t3.3

The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s10.t3.3

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### [c5.s10.t3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s10.t3.3)

THIS little shrub is regarded as febrifuge and anti-catarrhal. It forms an ingredient of the compound decoction called \*dasamula kvatha\* a combination, much used in a great variety of diseases. \*Dasamula\* is made up of \*Desmodium Gangeticum\* (\*sálaparni\*), \*Uraria lagopodioides\* (\*prisniparni\*), \*Solanum Jacquinii\* (\*kantakári\*), \*Solanum Indicum\* (\*vrihati\*), \*Tribulus terrestris\* (\*gokshura\*), \*Ægle Marmelos\* (\*vilva\*), \*Calosanthes Indica\* (\*syonáka\*), \*Gmelina arborea\* (\*gambhári\*), \*Stereospermum suaveolens\* (\*pátalá\*) and \*Premna spinosa\* (\*ganikáriká\*).

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