Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Nov.,  1893. 
Sanscrit  Pharmacopoeia. 
535 
lepsy,  eighteen  varieties  of  fever,  dysentery,  cough,  asthma,  chil- 
dren's cough,  pleurisy,  jaundice,  cramp,  stoppage  of  urine,  ague, 
rheumatism,  indigestion,  worms,  piles,  leucorrhoea,  gonorrhoea,  gleet 
and  diabetes.  Rubbed  up  with  sweet  oil  and  applied,  they  are 
recommended  for  hemicrania,  while  rubbed  up  with  juice  of  chitro 
root  and  taken  internally  they  are  looked  upon  as  a  specific  for  con- 
sumption. 
Atisar  Gutika. — Diarrhoea  and  Dysentery  Pills. 
Composed  of — 
Opium,  %  part. 
Catechu,  I  " 
Gapan  (sulphate  of  lime),  i  " 
Hing  juice  (asafoetida),    .  .  X  " 
Made  into  2-grain  pills.  Dose,  two  pills  twice  a  day.  This  for- 
mula is  one  of  the  few  grains  of  wheat  among  the  chaff. 
Ichabedi  Gutika. — Purgative  Pills. 
These  are  composed  of — 
Mercury  (metal),   I  part. 
Sulphur,   i  " 
Borax,    I  " 
Croton,  .  .  .  .  ,   .  y2  " 
Ginger,   i  " 
Harda  (myrabolams),   i  " 
Mixed  and  made  into  small  pills  of  about  2  grains  each. 
Madan-Ka-ameshwar  Gutika. — "Passion-controlling,"  or  Aphrodisiac  Pills. 
These  contain — 
Camphor,  i  part. 
Ginger,   I  " 
Red  oxide  of  mercury,  I  " 
Musk,  y2  " 
Opium,  y2  " 
Mace,  .  i  " 
Nutmeg,  i  " 
Pellitory  (akalkaro),  I  " 
Cloves,  ,   i  " 
Talc  (abrak),  i  " 
Made  into  pills  of  3  grains  each,  one  for  a  dose. 
Vijai  Gutika. — "Success"  Pills. 
Contain — 
Chini-Ka-bulla  (China  cubebs),   .    1  part. 
Akalkaro  (pellitory),  1  " 
Kavcha  (cowhage),   1 
