Amlalonikά.

Chάngeri.

Vern. A'mrulsak, Beng.

The leaves of Oxalis corniculata are used as a pot-herb. They are considered cooling, refrigerant, appetizing and stomachic. The fresh juice of the leaves is given to relieve intoxication from datura, and is said to be useful in dysentery and prolapsus of the rectum, for which it is recommended by most writers. Chakra-datta gives the following formula for preparing a ghrita with this medicine.

Chάngeri ghrita.1 Take of clarified butter, four seers, the fresh juice of Oxalis corniculata, four seers, curdled milk called dadhi, sixteen seers and the leaves of Oxalis corniculata reduced to a paste, one seer. Boil them together in the usual way and prepare a ghrita. This preparation is said to be useful in diarrhoea, dysentery, prolapsus of the rectum, tympanites, piles and difficult micturition. The Bhavaprakasa gives the following process for preparing a compound ghrita.2 Take of the fresh juice of Oxalis corniculata, decoction of jujube fruits and ginger, alkaline water (see Alkalies), and curdled milk, each four seers, clarified butter four seers, and prepare a ghrita in the usual way. It is recommended for use in prolapse of the rectum.