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6ombination called trimada consisting of plumbago root, bdberang 

 seeds and the tubers of Gyperus rotundus (mustaka.) 



It enters into the composition of numerous medicines for 

 dyspepsia. The following is an illustration. Take of plumbago 

 root, rock salt, chebulio myrobalan and long pepper, equal parts ; 

 powder and mix. Dose, about forty grains. 1 A favourite medicine 

 for flatulence is an old prescription of Susruta called Shaddharana 

 yoga. It is a powder composed of equal parts of the following 

 substances, namely, plumbago root, indrayava seeds, root of 

 Sfephanza hemandifolia (pdthd ), of Picrorrhiza Kurroa ( katula), 

 dtzs, and chebulio myrobalan. Dose, about a drachm. 2 



The root of Plumbago Zeylanica is Said to exercise a beneficial 

 effect on piles, in which disease it is given in various combina- 

 tions. Oue mode of administering it, is as follows. An earthen 

 jar or pot is lined in its interior with a paste of the root, and 

 curdled milk ( dadhi ) or kdnjika is prepared in this pot, and 

 taken by persons affected with hemorrhoids and prurigo. 





Plumbago root reduced to a paste is applied to abscesses with 

 the object of opening them. It enters also into the composition 

 of several preparations used as caustics. The following is an 

 illustration. Take of plumbago root, root of Baliospermum 



montanum (danti), the milky juice of Euphorbia neriifolia (snuhi), 

 and of Calotropis procera or Kamiltonii (arka), marking nut, 

 sulphate of iron, treacle and rock salt, equal parts ; mix them 

 together and make into a paste. 3 



PLUMBAGO ROSEA, Linn. Sans, \1fa4* , Baldachitraha. 

 Vern. Ldl chitd, Beng. The properties of the root of Plumbago rosea 



are said to be like those of P. Zeylanica. It has bosides a specific 



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