A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s29.150

v3.c43.s29.150

New drugs introduced by Śārṅgadhara are: elīya (II.12.56); 1100 kuṭhāra (II.11.45), also called kuṭhāracchinnā (II.11.47; 12.279); 1101 jvālāmukhī (II.11.14; 12.42, 57, 87); 1102 pātālagarudī (II.11.44); 1103 rudantī (I.4.14); 1104 sthūlababūlikā (II.1.12). 1105 Vegetable substances that have been incorporated in the āyurvedic pharmacopoeia are already prescribed, such as ākarakarabha (II.6.162; 12.56), also called ākallaka (II.10.23), and opium (ahiphena; I.4.20; II.6.163; 12.20 and 230). Preparations from poisonous plants like dhāttūra (II.12.135 and 191; III.11.130; = dhūrta: