[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.t2.28 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s18.t2.28 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s18.t2.28 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s18.t2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.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 - [Previous: c5.s18.t2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s18.t2.27) - [Next: c5.s18.t2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s18.t2.29) - [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.t2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s18.t2.28) · Pramāṇa