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and useful in cough, cephalalgia, skin diseases and alopecia. The 

 juice of the leaves is much used as a snuff in cephalalgia, and in 

 soaking various sorts of powders for the preparation of pills. 1 "In 

 tattooing the natives after puncturing the skin, rub the juicy 

 green leaves of Eclipta prostrata over the part ; which gives the 

 desired indelible colour, namely a deep bluish black." The leaves 

 of both these plants are used in various ways for the purpose of 

 dyeing grey hair and for promoting the growth of hair. 



JdUphalddya churna? Take of nutmeg, baberang seeds, plum- 

 bago root, flowers of Taberncemontana coronaria (tagara), sesamum 

 seeds, leaves of Finns Webbiana (tdlisa), red sandal wood, ginger, 

 cloves, cumin seeds, camphor, ohebulic and emblio myrobalans, 

 black pepper, long pepper, bamboo manna, cinnamon, cardamom, 

 tejapatra, and the flowers of Mesua ferrea ( ndgakesara ), each two 

 tolas, powdered leaves of Wedelia calendulacea, fifty-six tol&s, 

 sugar, in quantity equal to all the above ingredients. Powder 

 and mix. Dose, about a drachm. This preparation is said to be 

 useful in phthisis, cough and catarrh. 



Shadbindu taila? Take of sesamum oil, four seers, goat's 

 milk four seers, juice of bhringarnja leaves, sixteen eeers and 

 prepare an oil with a paste composed of the following substances, 



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