The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s14.t1: Calosanthes Indica, Bl.
The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s14.t1
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Calosanthes Indica, Bl.
c5.s14.t1.1
*Syn. Bignonia Indica, Linn.* *Sans.* श्योनाक, *Syonáka*. अरलु, *Aralu*. *Vern.* *Násoná*, *Beng.* *Arlu*, *Hind.*
c5.s14.t1.2
THIS is a small tree, growing over a large part of India. The root-bark is used in medicine. It is considered astringent, tonic, and useful in diarrhœa and dysentery. It is also an ingredient of *dasamula* (see *Desmodium gangeticum*), and is thus largely used in a great variety of diseases. The tender fruits are described as grateful, carminative and stomachic.
c5.s14.t1.3
सन्ततं सततं तथा । धातुस्थं अस्थिमज्जस्थं सर्व्वज्वरं व्यामोहति । कामलां ग्रहणीञ्चैव अतिसारं हलीमकं । प्लीहा पाण्डुञ्चयञ्चैव नाशयेत् नात्रसंशयः । नास्ति तैव वरञ्चैव ज्वरदर्प कुलान्तकं । भैषज्यरत्नावली ।
c5.s14.t1.4
The root-bark is enclosed within some leaves and a layer of clay and roasted. The juice expressed from this roasted bark is given in diarrhœa and dysentery with the addition of mocharasa (gum of *Bombax Malabarium*).¹
c5.s14.t1.5
¹ अरलुत्वक्कृतञ्चैव पुटपाकोऽग्निदीपनः । मधुमोचरसाभ्याञ्च युक्तः सर्वा-तिसारजित् । शार्ङ्गधरः ।
c5.s14.t1.6
In otorrhœa, Sárangadhara recommends the use of an oil prepared by boiling, over a gentle fire, sesamum oil with a paste made of the root-bark of *Calosanthes Indica*.²
c5.s14.t1.7
² तैलं श्योनाकमूलेन मन्दाग्नौपरिपाचितम् । हरेदाशु त्रिदोषोत्थं कर्णशूलं प्रपूरणम् । शार्ङ्गधरः ।
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- Śārṅgadharasaṃhitā — Śārṅgadhara (physician), Sanskrit
- Bhaiṣajyaratnāvalī — Govindadāsa, Sanskrit