A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.s27.5

v3.c42.s27.5

Noticeable features of the *Siddhayoga* with respect to treatment are: the prescription, probably the earliest one recorded, of pāraśīyavavānī 101 against worms inside the body (7.1) and of an ointment made of the juice of dhaṭṭūra 102 and mercury (rasendra) against lice (7.13); a decoction of aśoka bark is prescribed against uterine bleeding (63.5); 103 the medicine against eye diseases called nāgārjunavarti, the formula of which is said to have been written by Nāgārjuna on a pillar in Pāṭaliputra (61.148–152), may be