The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s29.t2.33
The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s29.t2.33
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c5.s29.t2.33
These two fragant grasses are occasionally used as aromatics and refrigerants like the roots of Andropogon muricatus. A. schœnanthus is common in Bengal, being cultivated in gardens for the sake of its fragrant leaves. A. Iwaruncusa is “a native of the skirts of the Northern mountains of India.” Its virtues seem to reside in the larger roots marked with annular cicatrices.