The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s12.t7.38
The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s12.t7.38
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c5.s12.t7.38
The seeds of Bassia latifolia yield by expression a thick concrete oil which is used in lamps, and by the poorer classes, for culinary purposes. This oil called madhuka sára in Sanskrit, is recommended to be applied to the head in cephalalgia.³