The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c6.s6: Civet Cat
The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c6.s6
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Civet Cat
c6.s6.1
*Sans.* गन्धमार्जार, *Gandha márjára*. *Vern.* *Khátási*, *Beng.* The pouch of the civet cat (*Viverra Zibetha*, Linn.) contains an unctuous odorous secretion which is extracted and used in perfumery. The pouch together with the secretion contained in it, are used by native physicians in scenting medicated oils.
c6.s6.2
HARTSHORN. Sans. मृगशृङ्ग, *Mrigasringa*. The antler of the deer incinerated in closed vessels is used in painful affections of the heart, pleurodynia, sciatica and lumbago. It is given in doses of about twenty-two grains with clarified butter. Burnt hartshorn leaves 57·5 per cent of phosphate of lime.¹
c6.s6.3
¹ शरावसंपुटे दग्धं शृङ्गं हरिणजं पिबेत् । गव्येन सर्पिषापिष्टं हृच्छूलं नश्यति ध्रुवम् । शार्ङ्गधरः । दग्धमनिर्गतधमं मृगशृङ्गं गोघृतेन सहपीतम् । हृदयमितम्बजशूलं हरतिशिखीदारुणवहमिब । चक्रः ।
Linked texts (2)
- Cakradatta (Cikitsāsaṅgraha) — Cakrapāṇidatta, Sanskrit
- Śārṅgadharasaṃhitā — Śārṅgadhara (physician), Sanskrit