The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s18.t2.28

c5.s18.t2.28

Punarnaváshtaka.² Take of Punarnavá root, nim bark, leaves of Trichosanthes dioica (patola), ginger, Picrorrhiza Kurroa (katuki), chebulic myrobalan, gulancha, and the wood of Berberis Asiatica (dáruharidrá), quarter of a tola each, water thirty-two tolas; boil together till reduced to one-fourth. This decoction is given in general anasarca with ascites, cough, jaundice, difficult breathing, etc. An oil, prepared with a decoction of the root and a number of the usual aromatics in the form of a paste, is rubbed on the body in general ansarca complicated with jaundice. It is called Punarnavá taila.³