Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c9.35

c9.35

§ 25. Form and Quantity of Medicine :— We can get an idea of the mixtures used by Indian physicians about 1600 years ago through the recipes that are prescribed in the Bower MS. Most of these consist of a considerable number of various ingredients and are adorned with sonorous titles like "Citron pills of Dioskuroi" (*aśvinīmātulṅgaguṭikā*), the ambrosia of ghee (*amṛtaprāsam nāma ghṛtam*), ghee containing ten medicines (*daśāṅgam nāma ghṛtam*), an oil for removing wrinkles and grey hair (*valipalitanāśanam tailam*) and the like. Many of these names as well as the recipes themselves are repeated in later medical literature.