The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s21.t1.2

c5.s21.t1.2

THE bark of *Myrica sapida* (a Himalayan tree), is its most valuable product, and is largely exported to the plans. It is dark or browish grey, with deep vertical wrinkles, and is considered heating, stimulant and useful in diseases supposed to be caused by deranged phlegm, such as catarrhal fever, cough, and affections of the throat. It enters into the composition of numerous formulæ for these diseases. The following is an example.