[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.s5.8 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c6.s5.8 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c6.s5.8 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.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. - [Previous: c6.s5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c6.s5.7) - [Next: c6.s5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c6.s5.9) - [Up: c6.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c6.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c6.s5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c6.s5.8) · Pramāṇa