A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c44.s49.109

v3.c44.s49.109

Vidyāpati's therapeutics, which he calls sampradāyacikitsā (jvara 230), is of a mixed type, which employs both āyurvedic prescriptions and rasayogas; the latter are not dealt with separately but they occur scattered among the former. The āyurvedic preparations are for the greater part of the traditional types (kvātha, cūrṇa, ghṛta, taila, etc.), but a number of pākas is also described. 688 Religious and magical elements are infrequent. 689 Opium, Cannabis, ākārakarabha, jayapāla, and mājūphala are repeatedly