[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877) › c5.s26.t2.5 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s26.t2.5 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s26.t2.5 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s26.t2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.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. - [Previous: c5.s26.t2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s26.t2.4) - [Next: c5.s26.t2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s26.t2.6) - [Up: c5.s26.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s26.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s26.t2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s26.t2.5) · Pramāṇa