A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c14.16

v1.c14.16

Sixty formulations are described: nine kinds of gulikā³⁷, made of young leaves (pravāla, pallava), to be taken together with a kaṣāya of madhuka³⁸ or one of the drugs of the kovidārādi group³⁹ (4.6), four preparations in milk (4.7), one in surā (4.7), nine in a kaṣāya of madhuka or one of the drugs of the kovidārādi group (4.7–9ab), one mixed with food (4.9cd), one snuff (ghreyayoga) (4.10),⁴⁰ twelve kinds of varti soaked in the liquid from the dung of various animals (4.11–12), ten kinds of leha (4.13–15ab), one kalka (4.15cd), eleven in a kaṣāya (4.16–18ab), and one ghee (4.18cd).