The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s21.t1.39

c5.s21.t1.39

Numerous confections of *bháng*, such as *Kámesvara modaka*, *Madana modaka*, *Bályasakrásana modaka*, etc., are described in books. These, as their names imply, are considered aphrodisiac and are used in chronic bowel complaints and nervous debility. Most of them are prepared with equal parts of a number of supposed tonic and aphrodisiac substances in small quantities and *bháng* equal in weight to all the other ingredients, together with sugar, honey and the usual aromatics. Májoon, the preparation of which has been already described, would I believe be a neater substitute for these complicated preparations. The following is an illustration.