[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877) › c5.s12.t4.45 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s12.t4.45 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s12.t4.45 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s12.t4.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s12.t4.45) In hemiplegia, stiff-neck, facial palsy, sciatica and other diseases of the nervous system, fried assafœtida is given along with a compound decoction called \*Máshabaládi\*, (see \*Phaseolus Roxburghii\*). A bit of warm assafœtida, placed in the cavity of a carious tooth, is said to relieve pain.³ - [Previous: c5.s12.t4.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s12.t4.44) - [Next: c5.s12.t4.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s12.t4.46) - [Up: c5.s12.t4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s12.t4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s12.t4.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s12.t4.45) · Pramāṇa