The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s16.20

c5.s16.20

Kaṇṭakāryavaleha³ or electuary of *Solanum Jacquinii*. Take of kaṇṭakāri root twelve seers and a half, water sixty-four seers, boil till reduced to one fourth and strain. Boil the strained decoction till reduced to the consistence of a fluid extract, and add to it the following substances in fine powder, namely, gulancha, *Piper Chaba* (*chavya*), plumbago root, tubers of *Cyperus rotundus* (*mustaka*), *Rhus succedanea*, (*karkaṭa sṛṅgi*), long pepper, black pepper, ginger, *Alhagi Maurorum* (*yāsa*), *Clerodendron Siphonanthus* (*vārgi*), *Vanda Roxburghii*, (*rásná*) and zedoary root, each eight tolas, sugar two seers and a half, sesamum oil and clarified butter each one seer, and boil together till reduced to the proper consistence. Lastly add honey one seer, bamboo-manna and long pepper in fine powder, each half a seer. This electuary is given in various sorts of cough.