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HINDU CHEMISTRY
Āragvadha | Cassia fistula. | |
Tilvaka | Symplocos racemosa. | |
Arka | Calotropis gigantea. | |
Snuhī | Euphorbia neriifolia. | |
Apāmārga | Achyranthes aspera. | |
Pātalā | Stereospermum suaveolens. | |
Naktamāla | Pongamia glabra. | |
Vrīsha | Justicia adhatoda. | |
Kadalī | Musa sapientum. | |
Chitraka | Plumbago zeylanica. | |
Pūtīka | Guilandina bonducella. | |
Indravriksha | Terminalia arjuna. | |
Āsphota | Salvadora persica. | |
Asvamāraka | Nerium odorum. | |
Saptachchhada | Alstonia scholaris. | |
Agni mantha | Premna serratifolia. | |
Gunjā | Abrus precatorins. | |
4 sorts of Kosā | 4 varieties of Luffa amara." |
Lixiviation of the Ashes
"Thirty two seers of ashes should be stirred or mixed with six times their quantity of water or cow's urine and the mixture strained through cloth. This should be repeated twenty-one times. The strained fluid should then be boiled slowly in a large pan and agitated with a ladle. When the fluid becomes clear,