The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s18.t2.17
The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s18.t2.17
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c5.s18.t2.17
AMARANTHUS SPINOSUS. Linn. Sans. तण्डुलीय, Taṇḍulīya. Vern. Kaṇṭánaṭiá, Beng. Cholái, Hind. This thorny weed is considered light, cooling and a promoter of the alvine and urinary discharges. Its root is said to be an efficacious medicine for menorrhagia, in which disease it is given with rasot and honey.¹ It enters also into the composition of other medicines for this disease, as for example in the preparation called Asoka ghrita.