A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c44.s5.92

v3.c44.s5.92

Noteworthy names of plants are: ābhābabbulikā (68), aśvabalā (36), 469 babbūla (108), bhaṅgikā (66), 470 bṛhacchatāhvā (38), cāruka (123), 471 ḍangarī (79), 472 dhū-mavṛkṣa (= tamākhū; 59), ḍikemālī (55), 473 gurusa (125), hastighoṣā (26), 474 junhala (= yāvanāla; 121), jūrṇākhya (= yāvanāla; 121), khurasānapradeśajā yavānī (77), 475 kolāmbikā (14), kṣupopodaka (74), kujavallī (= ḍikemālī; 55), makkā (= yāvanāla; 144), mehārī (107), 476 mṛgākṣī (81), 477 nartaka (136), 478 tamākhū (59), 479 and tīvrasā-ra (105). 480 Most of these plants are not prescribed in the Camatkāracintāmaṇi and the Vaidyajīvana. Opium is absent from the Vaidyāvatamsa, although khākhasavalkala is employed as a medicinal substance in the Camatkāracintāmaṇi (5.16).