The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s12.t1.6

c5.s12.t1.6

Vásá kushmánda khanda.¹ Take of the root of Justicia Adhatoda (vásaka), one seer, water eight seers; boil together till reduced to one-fourth and strain. Then take of the pulp of Benincasa cerifera, prepared as above described, fifty tolás; fry it in thirty-two tolás of clarified butter, and boil in the decoction of vásaka till the whole is reduced to the consistence of honey. Add to it sugar, one hundred tolás, and apply heat till the mass thickens to the proper consistence. Remove from the fire, add the following substances in fine powder, namely, tubers of Cyperus rotundus, (mustaka), dried emblic myrobalan, bamboo manna, root of Clerodendron Siphonanthus (brahmayasti), a fragrant substance called elabáluka, cinnamon, cardamom, tejapatra, each quarter of a tolá, ginger, coriander, and black pepper each one tolá, long pepper, four tolás, stir well till the confection cools, and lastly add eight tolás of honey. This preparation is used in cough, asthma, phthisis, hæmoptysis, heart disease, and catarrh.