The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s7.t2.6

c5.s7.t2.6

1 कपित्याष्टकचूर्णम् । अष्टौ भागाः कपित्थस्य षड्भागाः शर्करामताः । दाड़िमं तिन्तिड़ीकञ्च श्रीफलं धातकीतया । अजमोदाच पिप्पल्यः प्रत्येकं खुस्त्रिभागिकाः । मरिचं जीरकं धान्यं धन्यकं बालकन्तथा । सौवर्चलं pulp, bela fruit, flowers of *Woodfordia floribunda* (*dhátaki*), *ájmad*, and long pepper, each three parts, black pepper, cumin seeds, coriander, long pepper root, root of *Pavonia odorata* (*bálá*), sonchal salt, *ájowan*, cardamoms, cinnamon, tejapatra, flowers of *Mesua ferrea* (*nágakesara*), ginger and plumbago root, each one part, powder the ingredients finely and mix. Dose, about one drachm. This preparation is used in chronic diarrhœa and dysentery with loss of appetite and in affections of the throat.