204 SANSKRIT MATERIA MEDICA, 



four seers, milk four seers, boil together till the water is evapo- 

 rated and strain. This decoction in milk is given in small doses 

 in hysteria, flatulence, sciatica and heart disease. 



Svalparasuna pinda. 1 Take of garlic twelve tolas, assafcetida, 

 cumin seeds, rock salt, sonchal salt, ginger, long pepper and 

 black pepper, each one-eighth of a tola ; powder them finely and 

 mix. Dose, about twenty-two grains every morning with a 

 decoction of the root of the castor oil plant, in faoial paralysis* 

 hemiplegia, sciatica, paraplegia and convulsive affections. This 

 medicine should be continued for $ month. 



Garlic juice slightly warmed is used as a local application in 

 otalgia. A bulb of garlic is sometimes introduced into the meatus 

 for relief of pain in the internal ear. 5 



GLORIOSA SUPERBA, Linn. 



Sans. *u^Rt*T, Ldngalikd, ^rfaf TO , Agmsikhd, ^facfiTft, Kalihdru 



Vem. BishaMnguli, Beng. Karilidri, Hind. 



"The Gloriosa Superba is a native of the forests of India. 

 It appears during the rainy season in Bengal, and is one of the 

 most ornamental plant any country can boast of." Its bulb is one 

 of the seven minor poisons of Sanskrit writers (see page 7). One 

 of its Sanskrit synonyms is Garbhaghdtini or the drug that oausea 

 abortion, but I am not aware of its being used as an abortive for 

 criminal purposes. The root, powdered and reduced to a paste, 

 is applied to the r avel, supra-pubio region and vagina with the 

 object of promoting labour pains. 3 In retained placenta a paste 



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