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The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s10.t8.9

The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s10.t8.9

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c5.s10.t8.9

Amliká pána.¹ Macerate some tamarind pulp in water; strain, and add black pepper, sugar, cloves, camphor and cardamoms to taste. This preparation is prescribed as an agreeeable cooling draught in loss of appetite and disinclination for food. In intoxication from spirituous liquors the following mixture is recommended by Chakradatta. Take of dates, raisins, tamarind pulp, pomegranate seeds, fruits of *Grewia Asiatica* (parushaka) and ripe emblic myrobalans, each one tolá, pound them together, and make an emulsion with thirty-two tolás of water. Dose, about two ounces.²