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102 SANSKRIT MATLK1A MiiI>IC'A 



Visha taila} Take of sesamum oil four seers, aconite root 

 eight tolas, seeds of Pongamia glabra (karanja), turmeric, wood of 

 Berberis Asiatics (ddruharidrd), root of Calotropis gigantea (arka), 



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of Nerium odorum (karavira), flowers of Tabernaemontana coronana 



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Vallaris dichotoma (dsphotd), red sandal wood, flowers of Aganosma 

 caryophyllata (mdlati), bark of Aldonia Scholar is, (saptaparna), 

 madder and leaves of Vitex Negundo (nirgundi), each four tolas, 

 cow's urine sixteen seers. The solid ingredients should be beaten 

 into a paste with water, and then boiled with the oil and cow's 

 urine till the watery portion is evaporated. This oil is said to be 

 useful in boils, prurigo, psoriasis, leucoderma and other skin 

 diseases. 



ACONITUM IIETEUOPHYLLUM. 



Sans. S\%1, Ataicha, *if?[fa*, Ativisha. Vern. Atis. 



The tuberous roots of this plant are considered tonic, astrin- 

 gent and stomachic, and are used in fever, diarrhoea, irritability 



of stomach and cough, Atis is also regarded as an antidote to 

 poisons. 



In fever with diarrhoea the following compound decoction 2 is 

 much used in practice. Take of dtis, ginger, kurchi bark, tubers 

 of Cyperus rotundus (mus/«k><), and root of Tinospora cordifoUa 

 (gulancha), equal parts, in all two tolas, water thirty-two tolas. 

 Boil till the water is reduced to one-fourth or eight tolas. This 



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