The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c6.s5.8

c6.s5.8

Vasantatilaka rasa.² Take of prepared gold one part, talc and tin two parts each, iron three parts, the preparation of mercury called rasasindura and calcined pearls and coral, four parts each; mix them together, soak for seven days in the juice of sugar-cane, of the fruits *Tribulus terrestris* (*gokshura*) and of other strengthening vegetables. Enclose the mass in a covered crucible and roast it in a sand-bath for three hours. Lastly add to it four parts of camphor and four of musk and make into four-grain pills. These are given as an alterative tonic in a variety of diseases, but more especially in chronic affections of the lungs supposed to be caused by deranged phlegm.