The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s10.t7.15

c5.s10.t7.15

The seeds of Cassia Sophora, Raphanus sativus (mulaka) and sulphur, in equal parts, are rubbed into a paste with water and applied to patches of pityriasis and psoriasis.¹ The seeds of Cassia Tora are steeped in the milky juice of Euphorbia neriifolia, and afterwards rubbed into a paste with cow's urine for application to keloid tumours.² Equal parts of the seeds of Cassia Tora and Pongamia glabra (karanja) with a fourth part of the root of Tinospora cordifolia (gulancha) are rubbed together into a paste and applied in ringworm.³ Dadrughna or Dádamardana signifies curer of ringworm. Its leaves are used in this disease.