The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s10.t6.16
The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s10.t6.16
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c5.s10.t6.16
*Prithisára taila.*² Take of the expressed oil of the seeds of *Pongamia glabra* one seer, *kánjika* eight tolás, roots of *Plumbago Zeylanica* (*chitraka*), *Nerium odorum* (*karavira*), *Vitex Negundo* (*nirgundi*), aconite, and the seeds of *Corchorus olitorius* (*nádika*), eight tolás each, in the form of a paste made wlth *kánjika*. Mix them together and warm in the sun. This oil is said to be useful in various sorts of skin diseases, ulcers etc.