The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s10.t3.7
The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s10.t3.7
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c5.s10.t3.7
*Dasamula taila*. This is an oil prepared with a decoction of the ten drugs above mentioned, and is much used as a cooling application in headache and other diseases. To prepare it take of the ten drugs, in all twelve seers and a half, water sixty four seers. Boil down to sixteen seers and strain. To the strained decoction add four seers of lemon juice, four seers of prepared sesamum oil and a seer of the usual aromatics and colouring agents in the form of a paste and boil them together.