The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s13.t1.19

c5.s13.t1.19

*Chiretá* is regarded as tonic, febrifuge and laxative, and is used in fever, burning of the body, intestinal worms, skin diseases, etc. It is much used in fevers of all sorts in a variety of forms and in combination with other medicines of its class. The following are a few illustrations. Take of *chiretá*, *gulancha*, raisins, emblic myrobalan and zedoary root, equal parts and prepare a decoction in the usual way.¹ A compound powder called *Sudarsana churna*, is prepared by taking equal parts of fifty-four different substances and of chireta, equal to one-half the weight of all the other ingredients, and mixing them together. It is largely prescribed by native physicians in chronic febrile diseases.