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Sanscrit  Pharmacopcvia. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Nov.,  1893. 
Mal-Ka-gani  (celastrus  seeds),  I  part. 
Laving  (cloves),  i  " 
Jaiphur  (nutmeg),  i  " 
Kesar  (safflower),  %  " 
Khora-sa-min-ajmo  (Niger  seed),  i  " 
Hinglo  (cinnabar),   y&  " 
Mastaki  (mastic),  ;  I  " 
Chota  Gokhru  (tribulus  terrestris),  I  " 
Made  into  small  pills  of  2  or  3  grains.  Dose,  one  twice  a  day 
with  milk,  for  spermatorrhoea. 
(3)  POWDERS. 
This  class  of  medicines  is  divided  into  two  sub-classes,  viz : 
Churan,  which  contain  only  vegetable  drugs,  and  Ras,  which  con- 
tain chemicals  only,  or  at  least  as  the  principal  ingredients.  A  few 
examples  of  the  latter  must  suffice. 
Powder  for  Cough, 
Contains — 
Sanchlkhar  (black  salt),  1  part. 
Sindankhar  (table  salt),    .  1  " 
Dhatura  seed,  X  " 
Calcine  together  in  an  earthen  pot.  Dose,  about  4  grains  with 
butter. 
Gaji-Keseri-Ras. — "  Elephant  and  Lion  "  Powder. 
This  is  a  cure  for  paralysis  and  allied  complaints,  for  which  it  is 
given  in  doses  of  about  2  grains  with  sugar.  It  consists  of  mercury, 
sulphur,  garlic  (Lasan),  lime  (Chunam),  ammonia,  alum  (Fatki),  long 
pepper  {Pipar),  borax  {Tankalkhar),  barilla  (Sagikhar),  common  salt 
(Lohnkhar),  arsenious  acid  (Somid),  five  varieties  of  rock  salt  in 
equal  quantities,  ginger,  pepper,  Silagit,  plumbago  root  (Chitrak), 
aconite  (Bachnag),  cinnabar  {Hinglo),  orpiment  (ffartkal),  and  realgar 
{Man  sir). 
(4)  ointments  (Ma/am). 
One  example  of  these  will  suffice,  as  they  present  no  peculiarity. 
Ointment  for  Wounds  and  Boils. 
Contains — 
Mercury,   4  parts. 
Bhudaism  (litharge),   4  " 
Murthu-thu  (cupri  sulph.),   4  " 
Catechu,   5  " 
