CANNABIS SATIVA, VAR. TNDICA. -241 



Tabernoemo7itana coronarta ( tagara ), ohebulic and cmblio myro- 

 balans, long pepper, blaok pepper, ginger, leaves of Finns Web- 

 biana ( tdlisa ), plumbago root, cumin seeds and the seeds of 

 Embelia Ribes ( viranga ), equal parts, purified bhang equal in 

 weight to all the above ingredients, and sugar twice as muoh as 

 the bhang. Powder and mix. Dose, about twenty to forty grains. 

 This preparation is given in diarrhoea, indigestion and loss 

 of appetite. 



Jvdldnala rasa. 1 Take of yavakshdra, and sarjikdkshara, (im* 

 pure carbonates of potash and soda), borax, mercury, sulphur, 

 long pepper, black pepper, Piper Ckaba ( chavya ) and ginger, 

 equal parts, fried leaves of Cannabis sativa equal to all the above 

 ingredients, root of Moringa pterygosperma half the weight of 

 bhang ; powder the ingredients, mix and soak the mixed powder 

 for three days in each of the following fluids, namely a decoction 

 or fresh juice of the leaves of Cannabis Indica, the roots of 

 Moringa pterygosperma and Plumbago rosea, and dry in the sun. 

 Then roast the mass lightly and make into a pill mass with the 

 juice of the leaves of Wedelia calendulacea ( bhringardja ), Dose, 

 about half a drachm with honey. This medicine is given in 

 indigestion and loss of appetite with nausea and vomiting. 



Numerous confections of bhdng 9 such as Kdmesvara modaka % 

 Madana modaka, Bdlyasakrdsana modaka, etc., are described in 

 books. These, as their names imply, are considered aphrodisiao 

 and are used in chronic bowel oomplaints and nervous debility. 

 Most of them are prepared with equal parts of a number of 

 supposed tonic and aphrodisiao substances in small quantities and 

 bhdng equal in weight to all the other ingredients, together with 

 sugar, honey an d the usual aromatios. Mdjoon, the preparation 



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