The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s17.t2.26

c5.s17.t2.26

ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA, Nees. This bitter shrub is well-known in Bengal under the name of kálmeg and is the principal ingredient of a domestic medicine for infants called A'lui. There is some doubt regarding its Sanskrit name. A plant called yavatiktá with synonyms of mohátiktá, sankhini, etc., is said by some to mean this shrub but the term mohátiktá when occuring in Sanskrit prescriptions is usually interpreted as Melia sempervirens, Sw. and yavatikta has not been noted by me as having occurred in any prescription, so that I am inclined to think Andrographis paniculata was not used in Sanskrit medicine. The álui above referred to is made of the expressed juice of the leaves with the addition of powdered cardamoms, cloves, cinnamon etc., and is given to infants for the relief of griping, irregular stools and loss of appetite.