The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s29.t2.35
The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s29.t2.35
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c5.s29.t2.35
The siliceous concretion found in the joints of the female bamboo is called वंश रोचन, Bansa rochana in Sanskrit, and is described as sweet, cooling, tonic, aphrodisiac and useful in cough, consumption, asthma, fever, etc. It enters into the composition of numerous compound prescriptions for affections of the lungs. The following is an illustration.