A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c9.s4.58
A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c9.s4.58
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Then again several drugs, which are repeatedly mentioned in the Charaka and are almost exclusively Indian products, have been borrowed in the materia medica of Useibiah and others. The following may be taken as examples: Pepper,¹ lac, nard,² liquorice, assafœtida occimum, sanctum, bdellium, cinnamon, the chebulic myrobalans, calamus acorus, agallacha,³ berberis asiatica, ⁴ myrrh, melia azadirechta, calotropis, (asclepias), and red sandal. To quote Gildemeister:
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- Carakasaṃhitā — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit