The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s12.t6.8

c5.s12.t6.8

*Shaḍbindu taila*.³ Take of sesamum oil, four seers, goat's, milk four seers, juice of *bhringarája* leaves, sixteen seers and prepare an oil with a paste composed of the following substances, namely, root of castor oil plant, and of *Tabernæmontana coronaria* (tagara), dill seeds, *Cœlogyne ovalis* (jivanti), *Vanda Roxburghii* (*rásná*), rock salt, *Wedelia calendulacea* (*bhringarája*), baberang seeds liquorice root, and ginger, in all one seer. Six drops of this oil, drawn in through the nostrils, are said to relieve headache and other affections of the head.