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two parts, flowers of Metua ferrea (wgabmra) three pnrts, 

 black pepper four parts, long pepper five parts, dried ginger six 

 parts, sugar in quantity equal to all the other ingredients ; 

 powder and mix. Dose, about a drachm in dyspepsia, loss of 

 appetite and piles. 



Saubhdrjya sunti} Take of clarified butter, sixteen tolas, milk- 

 four seers, sugar six seers and a quarter, drj ginger one seer ; 

 boil them together so as to make an eleotnnry. Then add 

 coriander twenty-four tolas, fennel seeds forty tolas, Uberang 

 seeds, oumin seeds, nigella seeds, long pepper, black pepper, 

 ginger, tubers of Gyperus rotundns, leaves oalled icjapatra, flowers 

 of Memta ferrea ( ndyalesara ), cinnamon and cardamoms each 

 eight tolas in fine powder, and stir with a ladle till cold. This 

 confection is much used as a carminative tonic in dyspepsia 

 and in disorders of the alimentary canal in females after 

 confinement. 



Bunti ghrifa* This is a preparation of ginger made with 

 a decoction and paste of the root, clarified butter and kdnjika in 

 the usual proportions. It is said to be useful in rheumatism. 



Ardraka khanda. This is a confection made with ginger, 

 clarified butter, milk and sugar with the addition of n number of 

 aromatios in small quantities. It is used in urticaria. 



In cephalalgia and other affections of the head, ginger juicf 



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