[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.s6 # 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 - **Language:** English ### Civet Cat ### [c6.s6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.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)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta) — Cakrapāṇidatta, Sanskrit - [Śārṅgadharasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.sarngadharasamhita) — Śārṅgadhara (physician), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c6.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c6.s6) · Pramāṇa