[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.s30.t1.8 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s30.t1.8 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s30.t1.8 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s30.t1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s30.t1.8) Mritasanjivani surá.¹ Take of new treacle eight hundred tolas and steep it in thirty times its weight of water. Add to the mixture the following substances in the form of a paste, namely, ginger sixteen tolas, bark of \*Acacia Arabica\* two seers, of \*Ziziphus Jujuba\* (\*kola\*) two seers, of \*Symplocos racemosa\* (\*lodhra\*) half a seer, betle-nuts as many as desired; stir in a large earthen vessel, and keep the mixture for twenty days in a covered jar. After this period remove the fermented fluid to a distilling apparatus, and add to it, the following aromatic substances, namely, betle-nuts, cloves, sandal wood, cumin seeds, \*ájowan\*, black pepper, ginger, nutmegs, cardamoms, cinnamon, \*tejapatra\* leaves, fennel seeds, nigella seeds, the fragrant substances called \*elaváluka\*, \*padma-kástha\* and \*granthiparni\*, \*devadáru\* wood, \*khas khas\* root, zedoary root, \*jatámánsi\* root and the tubers of \*Cyperus rotundus\* (\*mustaka\*), each eight tolás, in coarse powder, and distil. This distilled liquor is used as a tonic, astringent and invigorating drink. - [Previous: c5.s30.t1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s30.t1.7) - [Next: c5.s30.t1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s30.t1.9) - [Up: c5.s30.t1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s30.t1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s30.t1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s30.t1.8) · Pramāṇa