The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s17.t1: Picrorrhiza Kurroa, Royle.
The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s17.t1
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Picrorrhiza Kurroa, Royle.
c5.s17.t1.1
Sans. कटुका, Katuká, कटुरोहिणी, Katurohini. Vern. Katki, H. B.
c5.s17.t1.2
THE root of Picrorrhiza Kurroa is described as bitter, acrid and stomachic and in larger doses a moderate cathartic. It is used in fever and dyspepsia and as an ingredient of various purgative medicines. About two drachms of the powdered root given with sugar and warm water, is said to act as a mild purgative.¹ In bilious fever the following decoction is highly recommended. Take of katuki root, liquorice, raisins, and nim bark, half a tolá each, water thirty-two tolás; boil till reduced to one-fourth.² The following is an example of a powder containing katuki root, used in dyspepsia. Take of katuki, Acorus Calamus (vachá), chebulic myrobalans and plumbago root, equal parts; powder and mix.
c5.s17.t1.3
¹ सशर्कराममात्रां कटुकामुष्णवारिणा । पीत्वा ज्वरं जयेज्जन्तुः कफपित्तसमुद्भवम् । चक्रदत्तः ।
c5.s17.t1.4
² मृद्वीका मधुकं निम्बं कटुका रोहिणी समा । अवश्यायस्थितं पाक्यमेतत् पित्तज्वरापहम् । चक्रदत्तः ।
c5.s17.t1.5
Dose, about a drachm with cow's urine in dyspepsia with severe pain.
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- Cakradatta (Cikitsāsaṅgraha) — Cakrapāṇidatta, Sanskrit