The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s11.t1.3

c5.s11.t1.3

The dried flowers of *Woodfordia floribunda* are regarded as stimulant and astringent and are much used, in combination with other astringent medicines, in bowel complaints and hæmorrhages. Two drachms of the dried flowers are given with curdled milk in dysentery, and with honey in menorrhagia.² In the dysentery of children, the following combination is recommended to be given in the form of powder or decoction with the addition of honey. Take of the flowers of *Woodfordia floribunda*, bel fruits, bark of *Symplocos racemosa* (lodhra), root of *Pavonia odorata* (bálá), and the fruits of *Pothos officinalis* (gajapipul), in equal parts, two tolás in all, and prepare a decoction in the usual way.³