The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s12.t6.6
The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s12.t6.6
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c5.s12.t6.6
*Játiphaládya churna*.² Take of nutmeg, baberang seeds, plumbago root, flowers of *Tabernæmontana coronaria* (tagara), sesamum seeds, leaves of *Pinus Webbiana* (tálisa), red sandal wood, ginger, cloves, cumin seeds, camphor, chebulic and emblic myrobalans, black pepper, long pepper, bamboo-manna, cinnamon, cardamom, tejapatra, and the flowers of *Mesua ferrea* (nágakesara), each two tolás, powdered leaves of *Wedelia calendulacea*, fifty six tolás, sugar, in quantity equal to all the above ingredients. Powder and mix. Dose, about a drachm. This preparation is said to be useful in phthisis, cough and catarrh.