16 , SANSKRIT ilVTERIA MKHTCA. 



For four seers of oil, one tola of each of the above ingredients 

 should be taken, with the eiception of camphor which should be 

 four tolas. These ingredients, with the exceptions noticed below, 

 are reduced to a paste with water and added to the oil, which is 



then boiled with an equal quantity of water till the lather is 



evaporated, and lastly strained. Camphor, musk, storax and the 

 substance called nakhi should be added after the process of boiling 

 is finished, and the oil strained. Oils for rheumatism and nervous 

 diseases, are sometimes rendered fragrant by the addition of 

 ■camphor alone- 

 Castor oil and mustard oil are sometimes used in the prepars- 

 tion of medicated oils- The proportions of oil, medicinal sub- 

 stances and fluids are the same as with sesamum oil, but the 

 preliminary preparat on of thesp oils is different. Mustard oil is 

 purified by being boiled with the following ingredients, namely, 

 emblic myrobalan, turmeric, tubers, of Cyperus rotundas (mustaka), 

 root bark of JEgle Marmelos (rilva), pomegranate b\rk, flowers of 

 Me*ua ferrea (ndgrikesara), Nigella seeds, root of Pavonia odorata 

 (bdld), the bark called nalikd, and belleric myrobalan, two tol^s 

 each, and madcer sixteen tolas, for four seers of oil. These should 

 be boiled together with sixteen seers of water, till the latter is all 

 evaporated, and the oil should then be strained. It is now fit for 

 being boiled with medicinal substances, the process for which is 

 the same as for sesamum oil above described. 



For purifying castor oil, the following ingredients are used, 

 namely, madder, tubers of Oypenu rotundas (Mu.^aka), coriander, 

 the three myrobalans, leaves of Sesbania aculeate (vaijayanH), 

 Poronia odorata ( hrivera ), wild dates, tender red buds of Fi us 

 Brngalensis ( vatasunga ), turmeric, wood of Berberu Asiah'ca 

 ( ddrvharidri ), the bark called nalikd, ginger and the shoot* of 

 J'andanns odoratissimm ( ketaki ), each half a tola for four seers of 

 oil. Castor oil should be boiled with equal parts of whey and 

 \Anjika (fermented paddy water) along with the above 

 iugredients. 



» The processes above described, for the preliminary purification of oils 

 before being boiled with medicinal snbstances are not adopted by the phyaicianj 

 Of ..pper India. They are not ,,„ ntion,,| by the ancient writer! and an t'i« 



inventions of recent Bengali anthers. 



