272 SANSKRIT MATERIA MEDICA, 





aromatic cooling bath is prepared by adding to a tub of water the 

 following substances jn fine powder, namely, root of Andropogon 

 muricatus, Pavonia adorata (bald), red sandal wood, and a fragrant 



wood called padma kdshtha. 1 The same medicines are reduced to 

 a thin emulsion with water and applied to the skin. 2 



ANDROPOGON SCHCENANrHUS, Linn. Sans, qm, 



Bhustrina, Vern. Gandha bend, Beng. 



ANDROPOGON IWARANCUSA, Boxb. Sans, vm^m, 



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Ldmajjaka. Vern, Ldmjak, Hind. Karankusd, Beng. 



These two fragant grasses are occasionally used as aro natios 

 and refrigerants like the roots of Andropogon muricatus. A. 

 sclioenanthus is common in Bengal, being cultivated in gardens for 

 the sake of its fragrant leaves. A. Iwarancusa is "a native of the 

 skirts of the Northern mountains of India." Its virtues seem to 

 reside in the larger roots marked with annular cicatrices. 



BAMBUSA ARUNDINACEA, Willd. 



Sans, ^fa, Va7isa. Vern. Bdns 9 Beng. Hind. 



The siliceous concretion found in the joints of the female 

 bamboo is called <fa ffa*T, Bansa rochana in Sanskrit, and is 

 described as sweet, cooling, tonic, aphrodisiac and useful m 

 cough, consumption, asthma, fever, etc. It enters into tbe 

 composition of numerous compound prescriptions for affections 

 of the lungs. The following is an illustration. 



Sitopalddi churna? Take of bamboo-manna eight parts, long 



1. ffo inraWN: ^^<r*Tft<*TT i qqfrfn4*nf<T trftt ^mf^rt «ra 



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2. h^t: <?ftw? sm*f q^*s^: i trw^frfft *reqr ^**t vwft 





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