[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.s7.8 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s7.8 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s7.8 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s7.8) \*Chángeri ghrita.\*¹ Take of clarified butter, four seers, the fresh juice of \*Oxalis corniculata\*, four seers, curdled milk called \*dadhi\*, sixteen seers and the leaves of \*Oxalis corniculata\* reduced to a paste, one seer. Boil them together in the usual way and prepare a \*ghrita\*. This preparation is said to be useful in diarrhœa, dysentery, prolapsus of the rectum, tympanites, piles and difficult micturition. The Bhávaprakása gives the following process for preparing a compound \*ghrita\*.² Take of the fresh juice of \*Oxalis corniculata\*, decoction of jujube fruits and ginger, alkaline water (see Alkalies), and curdled milk, each four seers, clarified butter four seers, and prepare a \*ghrita\* in the usual way. It is recommended for use in prolapse of the rectum. - [Previous: c5.s7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s7.7) - [Next: c5.s7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s7.9) - [Up: c5.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s7) ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhāvaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.bhavaprakasa) — Bhāvamiśra 1550, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s7.8) · Pramāṇa