The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s9.t1.12

c5.s9.t1.12

The following preparation of nim oil is prescribed by several writers for application to suppurating scrofulous glands with numerous openings. Take of the oil of nim seeds, four seers; orpiment, realgar, marking nut, cardamoms, aloes wood, sandal wood, leaves of *Jasminum grandiflorum* (*játipatra*), and of *Limnanthenum cristatum* (*tagarapáduká*), each eight tolás, in the form of a paste, and water sixteen seers. Boil them together and prepare an oil in the usual way.²