[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.s8.26 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c6.s8.26 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c6.s8.26 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c6.s8.26) \*Máshataila.\*¹ Take of goat's meat eight seers, water sixty-four seers ; boil together till the latter is reduced to sixteen seers. Take of the pulse of \*Phaseolus Roxburghii\* (\*másha\*), linseed, barley, root of \*Barleria Prionites\* (\*kuranṭaka\*), of \*Solanum Jacquinii\*, (\*kanṭakári\*), \*Tribulus terrestris\* (\*gokshura\*), bark of \*Calosanthes Indica\* (\*syonáka\*), \*jaṭámánsi\* root, seeds of \*Mucuna pruriens\* (\*kapikvachchhu\*), each one seer, water sixty-four seers; boil down to sixteen seers. Take of cotton seeds, seeds of \*Crotolaria juncea\* (\*sana\*), pulse of \*Dolichos uniflorus\* (\*kulattha\*), dried pulp of \*Ziziphus Jujuba\* (\*kola\*), each two seers, water sixty-four seers ; boil down to sixteen seers. Take of ginger, long pepper, dill seeds, root of \*Ricinus communis\* (\*eranḍa\*), of \*Bœrhaavia diffusa\* (\*punarnavá\*), \*Pœderia fœtida\* (\*prasárani\*), \*Vanda Roxburghii\* (\*rásná\*), \*Sida cordifolia\* (\*berelá\*), \*Tinospora cordifolia\* (\*gulancha\*) and \*Picrorrhiza Kurroa\* (\*katuki\*) equal parts ; in all one seer, and reduce them to a paste. Boil the above mentioned decoctions and the paste with four seers of sesamum oil in the usual way. This oil is rubbed externally in convulsions, paralysis, wasting of limbs and other diseases of the nervous system. - [Previous: c6.s8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c6.s8.25) - [Next: c6.s8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c6.s8.27) - [Up: c6.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c6.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c6.s8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c6.s8.26) · Pramāṇa