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Sringi is a variety of aconite which if tied to the horn of a 

 cow, is said to tinge her milk red. 



KdlaJcuta. This psison is said to be the gum of a plant 

 resembling the Ficus religiosa is appearance. It is a native of 

 Malwa and the Concans. 



Haldkala. The bunches of fruits of this plant resemble those 

 of grapes. Its leaves are like those of the palm tree. It is found 

 m the Himalaya, in the sea coast to the south, the Concan and 

 in the mountain called Kishkindhya to the north of Mysore. 



Brahmaputra. This poison is of a tawny colour and causes 

 purging. It grows on the Malayachala, that is, the Western 

 Ghats on the Malabar Coast. 



From the above description it would seem that of these nine 

 poisoas, the first six are probably species of aconite. Of these the 

 variety called Vatsandbha has been used in medicine from a very 

 remote period. 



Aconite is purified by being cut in small slices and steeped 

 iu cow's urine for three days, before being used. It is regarded 

 as heating and stimulant, and useful in diseases supposed to be 

 caused by deranged phlegm and air. It is used in a great variety 

 of affections, but is specially recommended in fever, cephalalgia, 

 affections of the throat, dyspepsia and rheumatism. In recent or 

 acute fevers the following is a favourite medicine. 



Mrityunjaya rasa} Take of * purified aconite, sulphur, black 

 Pepper, long pepper and borax, each one part, cinnabar two parts; 

 powder and beat them into a mass with water and make into two- 

 grain pills. These pills are given with suitable adjuncts in fever 

 supposed to be caused by deranged air, as also in those caused by 

 the derangement of all the humours, that is, in ordinary remittent 

 fever and in that of typhoid type. A composition very similar 

 to the above is recommended by Sarangadhara under the name 





