The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s17.t1.2

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.