The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s12.t7.22

c5.s12.t7.22

Plumbago root reduced to a paste is applied to abscesses with the object of opening them. It enters also into the composition of several preparations used as caustics. The following is an illustration. Take of plumbago root, root of Baliospermum montanum (danti), the milky juice of Euphorbia neriifolia (snuhi), and of Calotropis procera or Hamiltonii (arka), marking nut, sulphate of iron, treacle and rock salt, equal parts ; mix them together and make into a paste.³