The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s21.t1.3
The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s21.t1.3
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c5.s21.t1.3
*Katphaládi Churna*.⁴ Take of the bark of *Myrica sapida*, tubers of *Cyperus rotundus* (*mustaka*), root of *Picrorrhiza Kurroa* (*kaṭuki*), *Curcuma Zedoaria* (*saṭi*), *Rhus succedanea* (*karkaṭa śringi*), and the root of *Aplotaxis auriculata* (*kuṣṭa*), equal parts; powder and mix. This powder is given in doses of about a drachm with the addition of ginger-juice and honey in affections of the throat, cough and asthma.