[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.s7.26 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s7.26 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s7.26 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s7.26) The variety of \*Citrus acida\*,\* called \*Jambira\*, yields the lemon juice used in medicine. \*Limpáka\* or \*páti nebu\* is much used as a sauce by the natives. The fruits are cut vertically into two pieces, and the fresh juice, squeezed out with the fingers, is sprinkled on soup, \*dál\*, curry etc. to which it imparts a pleasant acid taste and agreeable flavour. A pickle of \*páti nebu\*, in its own juice, and salt is a popular and effectual medicine for indigestion brought on by excess in eating, or by undigestible articles of diet. The fruits are first rubbed over a stone, or their rind scraped a little so as to thin it. They are then steeped in juice obtained from other fruits of the sort, and exposed to the sun for a few days with the addition of common salt. When crisp and of a brown colour, they are preserved in porcelain vessels or glass jars. This preparation is called \*Járak nebu\* (that is digestive lemon) in the vernacular. - [Previous: c5.s7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s7.25) - [Next: c5.s7.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s7.27) - [Up: c5.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s7.26) · Pramāṇa