A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c48.s7.11

v3.c48.s7.11

Chapter seven (divyauṣadhilakṣaṇakarman; 374 verses)⁶ describes the sixty-four divine herbs (divyauṣadhi; 1–106) and their uses in alchemical operations (107–152); the middle part of the chapter is devoted to vegetable poisons and their uses (153–209ab); the last part of the chapter contains a long amlavetasakalpa (209cd–326) and rules concerning the use of rasāyana preparations (350–374).