The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s3.t1.48

c5.s3.t1.48

*Dugdhavati*.² Take of opium and aconite, twenty-four grains each, prepared iron ten grains, prepared talc twelve grains. Beat them into a mass with milk and make into four-grain pills. One pill is to be given every morning with milk. The diet is restricted to milk alone, water and salt being prohibited. In fever with diarrhœa, opium is used in combination with arsenic, as for example in the following preparation.