Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c18.24

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(4) The later Greek physicians, e.g., Actuarius (twelfth century), Myrepsus, etc., were influenced by Saracen doctors.²⁹ They used Hindu medicaments also. Thus like the pre-Saracen Paulus, Actuarius mentioned *tri-phala* or “three myrobalans.” This traditional Hindu drug has a place in his materia medica under the name of “tryphera parva.”