The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s26.t2.5

c5.s26.t2.5

*Svalparasuna pinda*.¹ Take of garlic twelve tolás, assafœtida, cumin seeds, rock salt, sonchal salt, ginger, long pepper and black pepper, each one-eighth of a tolá; powder them finely and mix. Dose, about twenty-two grains every morning with a decoction of the root of the castor oil plant, in facial paralysis, hemiplegia, sciatica, paraplegia and convulsive affections. This medicine should be continued for a month.