History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c18.17
History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c18.17
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c18.17
16. The thing mentioned before is to be soaked in acid and in it the flour of parched barley (*phye*) and bread are (also) to be soaked. Then if one takes only four *raktikas* of it, at a time, for six months, one's hoariness of hair and wrinkles of the body disappear, and one becomes (as beautiful) as the moon ......, and a lover's immeasurable love for a woman does not run away. And if a man succeeds (in using the medicine) for six months he does not become languid.