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of which has been already described, would I believe, be a neater 

 substitute for these complicated preparations. The following ia 

 an illustration* 



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Madana modaka. 1 Take of the three myrobalans, ginger, long 

 pepper, black pepper, Rhus succedanea ( sringi ) f Pdchak root, 

 coriander, rock salt, zedoary root, leaves of Finns Webbiana 

 (tdlisa), bark of Myrica sapida (Jcatphala) flowers of Mesna 

 ferrea (ndgakesara) , ajowan, seeds of Seseli Indicum (yanayamdni), 

 liquorice root, seeds of Trigonella fcenum- gr cecum ( methi ), cumin 

 and nigella seeds equal parts ; hemp leaves with flowers and seeds 

 fried in clarified butter, equal in weight to all the other 

 ingredients ; sugar equal in weight to the hemp. Prepare a syrup 

 with the sugar, then add the other substances in fine powder 

 and make into a confection. Lastly add clarified butter, honey, 



powdered 



cinnamon, tejapatra leaves 



and camphor, each two tolas, and make into boluses of abont 

 eighty grains each. This confection is used in cough, chronic 

 bowel complaints and impotence. 





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The use of black pepper as a condiment is too well known to 

 require any notice here. Medicinally it ia much used in 



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