The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s13.t1.6

c5.s13.t1.6

Sulharanayoga.¹ Take of chebulic myrobalan, long pepper, black pepper, ginger, nux vomica, assafœtida, sulphur and rock salt, equal parts and make into four-grain pills. These are given with warm water in dyspepsia with pain after meals, and in diarrhœa. Sárangadhara gives the following prescription in which the term vishamushṭi is usually understood to mean nux vomica. Take of mercury, sulphur, aconite, ajowan, the three myrobalans, sarjiká (impure carbonate of soda), yavakshára (impure carbonate of potash), rock salt, plumbago root, cumin seeds, sonchal salt, sea-salt, báberang, black pepper, long pepper and ginger, equal parts, vishamushṭi (nux vomica seeds) equal in weight to all the above ingredients and make into pills of the size of black pepper corns with lemon juice. These pills are given to promote the appetite and increase the digestive power.²