The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s12.t9.3

c5.s12.t9.3

The bark of Holarrhena antidysenterica is administered in a variety of ways. The expressed juice of the bark is given with honey.² A fluid extract of the bark is given with the addition of ginger and átis.³ A compound decoction called Kuṭajáshṭaka is thus prepared. Take of kuṭaja bark, átis, root of Stephania hernandifolia (páthá), flowers of Woodfordia floribunda (dhátaki), bark of Symplocos racemosa (lodhra), root of Pavonia odorata (bálá), rind of pomegranate fruit, and the tubers of Cyperus rotundus (mustaka), quarter tolá each, water thirty two tolas; boil together till reduced to one-fourth.¹