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Sanscrit  Pharmacopoeia. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Nov.,  1893. 
the  cover  of  the  pot,  add  I  or  2  grains  of  opium,  and  shut  again. 
Then  remove  from  the  fire  and  set  aside  on  the  ground  for  four  or 
five  minutes,  when  the  oil  will  separate. 
Oil  of  hen's  eggs  is  used  as  a  strengthening  application,  also  as 
an  aphrodisiac,  like  oil  of  nux  vomica. 
(2)  PILLS. 
This  form  of  medicament  is,  as  with  us,  one  of  the  principal  forms 
used  by  these  hakims.  Their  pills,  however,  are  very  unscientifically 
made,  being  small,  irregular  in  size  and  shape,  and  very  unequally 
mixed.  The  hakim's  knowledge  of  pharmacy  does  not  appear  to 
be  so  advanced  as  his  knowledge  of  the  healing  art.  The  following 
are  a  few  of  the  principal  pills  : 
Aqui-tund-wati  Gutika. — "Warming"  Pills. 
Take  of— 
Quicksilver,   I  part. 
Sulphur,   .  i 
Aconite,   i 
Parsley  seed   i 
Myrabolams  (three  varieties,  Hirda,  Bira  and  Antra),  of  each,  i 
Soda,  ,  .  i 
Javkhar  (potas.  carb.),   I 
Chitro  (plumbago)  root,   i 
Sindan  (white  salt),   i 
Black  salt,    I 
Sea  salt,   .i 
Ginger  (dried),   I 
Long  pepper,   I 
Nux  vomica,   y2 
Cummin  seed,   .  i 
Powder,  mix,  mass  with  lemon  juice,  and  divide  into  pills  of  about 
2  grains  each.  Such  pills  are  given  as  a  remedy  for  fever,  jaundice, 
indigestion  and  loss  of  appetite. 
Ashwa-chori  Gutika. — "  Horse-power  "  Pills. 
Contain  quicksilver,  sulphur,  aconite,  dried  ginger,  long  pepper, 
myrabolams  (three  kinds),  Tankalkhar  (borax),  Nipala  (croton)  and 
Harya  (orpiment). 
Make  into  a  powder,  grinding  along  with  the  juice  of  Jalbhangra 
for  thirty-six  hours,  and  divide  into  pills  the  size  of  chanoti  (jequi- 
rity)  seeds. 
These  pills  are  said  to  cure  the  following  diseases :    Dropsy,  epi- 
