The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s13.t1.18

c5.s13.t1.18

The *Ophelia Chirata* is indigenous to the "mountainous regions of Northern India from Simla through Kumaon to the Morung district in South-Eastern Nepal." Its Sanskrit name *kirátatikta*, means "the bitter plant of the Kirátas, an outcast race of mountaineers in the north of India." It is also called *Anáryatikta* or the bitter plant of the Non-Aryans. The Bhavaprakása mentions a variety of *chiretá*, under the name of Naipála, that is, produced in Nepál, and describes it as a febrifuge.