The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s21.t1.44

c5.s21.t1.44

1 मदनमोदकः। तैलोक्यविजयपलं सवीजं घृतभर्जितम्। त्रिकटु त्रिफला षङ्गी कुष्ठं धान्यक सैन्धवम्। शटीतालीसपत्रञ्च कट्फलं नागकेशरम्। अजमोदा यमानी च यष्टिमधुकमेव च। मेषीजीरकयुग्मञ्च ग्टहीत्वा चूर्ण चर्षितम्। यावन्त्येतानि चूर्णानि तावदेव तदौषधम्। तावदेवसितादेया यावदायाति वन्धनम्। घृतेन मधुनामिन्नं मोदकं परिकल्पयेत्। भर्जितं तिलचूर्णञ्च मोदको परिविन्यसेत्। तिसुगन्धसमायुक्तं कर्पूरेणाधिवासितम्। स्थापयेत् घृतभाण्डे सु श्रीमदनमोदकम्। सर्वरोगहरं ह्येतत् संग्रह ग्रहणी हरम्। एतस्य सतताभ्यासाद्दृद्धोपि तरुणायते। एतत् कामप्रदार्थं नारदेन प्रभाषितम्। सारकौमुदी। tion with long pepper and ginger, under the name of trikatu or the three acrids. In fact, as any reader who has gone through these pages must have noticed, very few compound prescriptions are free from the three myrobalans, and the three acrids, which seem to be added often without reason, and sometimes for the sake of rhyme. Black pepper is described as acrid, pungent, hot, dry, carminative and useful in intermittent fever, hæmorrhoids and dyspepsia. Externally it is used as a rubefacient in alopecia and skin diseases.