[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877) › c5.s18.t2.17 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s18.t2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.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. - [Previous: c5.s18.t2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s18.t2.16) - [Next: c5.s18.t2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s18.t2.18) - [Up: c5.s18.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s18.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s18.t2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s18.t2.17) · Pramāṇa