The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s29.t2.9

c5.s29.t2.9

यवागु, *Yavágu* or powdered rice boiled with water for the use of the sick and convalescent. It is made of three strengths, namely, with nine, eleven and nineteen parts of water, called respectively *Vilepi*, *Peyá* and *Manḍa*. Sometimes, instead of water, a decoction of medicinal herbs is used in preparing *yavágu*.