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The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s12.t9.11

The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s12.t9.11

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c5.s12.t9.11

*Kuṭajáriṣṭa*,¹ or fermented liquor of *kuṭaja*. Take of *kuṭaja* root-bark, twelve seers and a half, raisins, six seers and a quarter, flowers of *Bassia latifolia* (*madhuka*), and bark of *Gmelina arborea* (*gambhári*), eighty tolás each; boil them together in two hundred and fifty-six seers of water, till reduced to sixty-four seers, and strain. Then add flowers of *Woodfordia floribunda* (*dhátaki*), two seers and a half, treacle twelve seers and a half, and let the mixture ferment for a month, after which it will be ready for use. Dose, one to three ounces.