[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) › c6.s2.6 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c6.s2.6 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c6.s2.6 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c6.s2.6) seers, boil till reduced to four seers and strain. To this decoction of shell-lac add four seers of prepared sesamum oil, sixteen seers of whey, and two tolás each of the following substances, namely, \*Withania somnifera\* (\*asvagandhá\*), turmeric, \*devadáru\* wood, root of \*Sanseviera Zeylanica\* (\*murvá\*), \*Pandanus odoratissimus\* (\*ketaki\*), \*Vanda Roxburghii\* (\*rásna\*), dill seeds and liquorice root in the form of a paste and prepare an oil in the usual way; lastly add four tolás of camphor. This oil is much used for inunction in chronic fever and consumption. The other oils containing lac are prepared in a similar way, with the addition of various medicinal substances in the form of paste. - [Previous: c6.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c6.s2.5) - [Next: c6.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c6.s3.1) - [Up: c6.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c6.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c6.s2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c6.s2.6) · Pramāṇa