The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s12.t11.7

c5.s12.t11.7

The following inhalation is prescribed for cough. Soak the powdered root-bark of *árka* in its own milky juice and dry. Bougies are prepared with this powder and their fumes inhaled.² The root-bark, reduced to a paste with sour congee, is applied to elephantiasis of the legs and scrotum.³ The milky juices of *Calotropis gigantea* and *Euphorbia neriifolia* are made into tents with the powdered wood of *Berberis Asiatica*, for introduction into sinuses and fistula in ano.⁴ The milky juice is applied to carious teeth for relief of pain.⁵