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is then digested in the decoction of the myrobalans and roasted repeatedly in a crucible.
Mandūra or Rust of Iron.
Rust of iron is prescribed in combination with other drugs.
Recipe for a Soap to be used as a Depilatory.
The ashes of schrebera swiet. and cassia fist. are to be mixed with lime from burnt shells and lixiviated with the urine of the ass. The lye is then to be boiled with a definite weight of mustard oil.
Preparation of Caustic Alkali
[Much the same as in the Susruta]
Calx of Silver
In a preparation named "yogarāja" रूप्यमल or calx of silver (probably in the shape of sulphide) figures as a component.
