[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.s20.8 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s20.8 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s20.8 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s20.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s20.8) LIKE chebulic myrobalan, emblic myrobalan is also extensively used in Hindu medicine, both alone and in combination with the two other myrobalans. The fresh fruits are glolular, six-striated, with a fleshy, acidulous pulp. A preserve of the ripe fruits made with sugar, is considered a wholesome article of diet and a preservative of health. The dried fruits are wrinkled, of a blackish grey colour, and have an acidulous, astringent taste. - [Previous: c5.s20.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s20.7) - [Next: c5.s20.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s20.9) - [Up: c5.s20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s20.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s20.8) · Pramāṇa