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• Chaturushana Churna: Equal parts of the long pepper (pipli), the roots (piplimul) of the Long Pepper, black pepper and ginger are finely powdered together; the powder is given in doses of 10 to 60 grains twice a day.
• Chobachini Avleh: 20 oz of china root (chobanchini) and 180 grains each of long pepper (pipli), the roots (piplimul) of the Long Pepper, black pepper, ginger, cinnamom, cloves and Anacyclus pyrethrum (akallak) are powdered together, the mixture is made into a confection with an equal quantity of sugar, 180 grains of this confection are given each time morning and evening.
• Chobadhini Churna: This powder is made of 6 oz of china root (chobachini), 2 oz of sugar and 180 grains each of long pepper (pipli), the roots (piplimul) of the Long pepper, black pepper, cloves, Anacyclus pyrethrum (akallak), ginger, cinnamon, Hyoscymus niger (khurasani ajwain) and Embelia ribes (vidanga). This powder is usually given in doses of 90 grains with tepid water.
• Dadimadya Ghritu: The paste made of 16 lb of the rind of pomegranate fruit, 8 lb of coriander seeds (dhanya), 4 oz of the roots of Plumbago zeylanica (chitraka), 4 oz of ginger and 1 oz of the pepper (pipli) is cooked with 8 lb and 32 lb of sugar till the water has evaporated.
• Dadimadi Kwath: This decoction is made of 1 oz of the rind of pomegranate fruit 1 oz of conessi bark (kurchi); it is given with honey.
• Darviadi Kwath: The decoction is made of equal parts of Berberis asiatica (daruharidra), rasot, chiretta. Adhatoda vasica (vasa), the tubercles of the Nut Crass (nagarmusta), bael (bilwa), red sandalwood (rakta chandan) and the flowers of Calotropis gigantean (akda); the cold decoction is given with honey twice a day.
• Drakashadi Churna: Equal parts of the black raisins long pepper (pipli) and dry dates are powdered together; the powder is taken with ghee and honey.
• Draksha Ghrita: This medicated ghee is prepared by boiling 8 lb of ghee with 1 lb of grapes and 32 lb of water till all the water has evaporated.
• Eladi Churna: The powder is made of 1 part of cardamoms, 2 part of cinnamon, 3 parts of Mesua ferrea (nagkesar), 4 parts of black pepper, 5 parts of roasted borax, 6 parts of long pepper (pipli) and 20 parts of sugar; the powder is given in doses of 5 to 2 grains three times a day.
• Lavangadi Churna: There are more than one kind of this powder; e.g.i) The mixture of 90 grains each of cloves, nutmeg (jaiphala) and long pepper (pipli), 1 oz of black pepper, 6 ½ oz of ginger and 8 oz of sugar is powdered; it is useful in fever, indigestion, asthma, diarrhea, windiness, anorexia, bronchitis etc.

Equal parts of cloves, ginger and roasted borax are powdered together; 20 to 60 grains of this powder are given three times a day in bronchitis.

3 oz of cloves, 2 ¼ oz of nutmeg (jaiphala), 2 ¼ oz of cardamoms and 180 grains of opium are powdered together; the dose of this powder is 90 grains to be given with hot water in cholera, dysentery, vomiting etc.

• Marichadi Churna: The powder consists of equal parts of black pepper, the roots of Plumbago zeylanica (chitraka) and black salt (sanchal); it is taken with buttermilk.
• Narach Churna: The powder consists of a mixture of 1 ½ oz of turpeth root (nishottar), 1 ½ oz of sugar and 180 grains long pepper (pipli); it is given in doses of 90 grains with honey.
• Narikelakhand Pak: 6 ½ oz of well macerated coconut are first lightly fried with 2 oz of ghee and then cooked with 8 oz of sugar and 9 oz of coconut water till the mixture has a thickish consistency; a confection is made of this thickish mixture by adding to it 60 grains each of coriander seeds (dhanya), long pepper (pipli) the tubercles of the Nut Grass (nagarmusta), bamboo manna (tabashir), cumin (jira), caraway seeds (shia jira), cinnamon, cardamoms, the leaves of Chinnamomum tamala (tamalpatra) and the flowers of Mesua ferrea (nagkesar). The confection is given in doses of 1 to 2 oz.
• Navayasa Churna: This powder consists of equal parts of trikatu, triphala, the tubercles of the Nut Grass (nagarmusta), Embelia ribes (vidanga) and the roots of Plumbago zeylanica (chitraka) and 9 parts of pulverized iron; these ingredients are powdered together with ghee and honey.
• Nimb Satva: The fresh inner bark of a neem tree is a well macerated repeatedly in water and the pulp is squeezed by hand in this water; the mixture is strained through cloth; the strained infusion is allowed to stand undisturbed for some time; the supernatant liquid is carefully decanted without disturbing the residue that has settled at the bottom of the container; this wet residue or extract is dried in the shade; this shade-dried extract is used as a drug.
• Panchkol Churna: The powder of equal parts of long pepper (pipli), the roots (piplimul) of the Long pepper, ginger, the roots of Plumbago zeylanica (chitraka) and the stem of Piper Chaba (chavika). The powder is given in doses of 10 to 30 grains twice a day.
• Panchsan Churna: The powder is made of equal parts of chebulic myrobalan (harada), long pepper (pipli), turpeth root (nishottar), rock salt and ginger; it is given in doses of 20 to 40 grains.
• Panchsar : This is a mixture of milk, honey, ghee, long pepper (pipli) and sugar; 40 oz of cow’s milk are boiled over a show fine till the quantity is reduced to half; to this boiled milk, when cold, are added 1 oz each of sugar, ghee and honey and half an once of powdered long pepper.
• Pashanbhedadi Churna: The powder consists of equal parts of Coleus aromaticus (pashanbheda), shilajit, cardamoms and long pepper (pipli); it is given in doses of 45 to 90 grains.
• Patoladi Kwath: There are many kinds of this kwath; the one most useful in fevers and enlargement of the liver and the spleen is made of equal parts of the leaves of Trichosanthes dioica (kadvepadaval), conessi bark (kurchi), triphala the tubercles of the Nut Grass (nagarmusta), liquorice root (madhuka), Tinospora cordifolia (gudunchi), Adhatoda vasica (vasa) the Deodar (devdaru) and black raisins; the deocoction is given in 1 to 2 oz does.
• Pipaladya Ghrita: This medicated oil is prepared by boiling 16 oz of ghee, of long pepper (pipli), 6 oz of pomegranate, 3 oz of coriander seeds (dhanya), 1 oz of ginger and 64 oz of milk till al the water has evaporated.
• Pipar Churna: The powder of long pepper (pipli) is well mixed with the juice of Tinospora cordifolia (gudunchi); the mixture is dried in the shade; this shade dried powder is shade; this process of alternately mixing the powder with the juice and drying the mixture in the shade is repeated about a couple of dozen times; the more often the process is repeated the greater the efficacy of the powder; it is given in 15 grain doses.
• Punarvastak Kwath: This decoction is made by boiling 45 grains each of the roots of Boerhaavia diffusa (punarnava), chebulic myrobalan (harada), dry neem bark, deodar (devdaru), the roots of Picrorhiza kurroa (katuki), Tinospora cordifolia (gudunchi), the leaves of Trichosanthes dioica (kadve padval) and ginger in 13 oz. of water till the quantity is reduced to onefourth; this whole quantity is taken in small doses in the course of a day.
• Rasayan Churna: The powder is made up of 2 parts of dry emblic myrobalan (amla), 2 parts either of Tribulus terrestris (chhote gokhru) or of Pedalium murez (gokshurka) and 1 part of gudunchi satva; this powder is given in doses of 75 grains with ghee and sugar every morning.
• Rasot or Rasanjan: This is an extract of the stem branches and roots of Berberis aristata or B. asiatica (daruharidra); the extract is prepared by boiling the decoction of these parts with an equal quantity of goat’s milk till all the water has evaporated and a thickish residue remains; the dried residue is the extract used as a drug; the extract is also prepared by boiling the decoction without the addition of milk; the extract prepared with milk is more efficacious but it does not keep for more than a few weeks. The extract made without goat’s milk retains its efficacy for years.
• Renukadi Kwath: This decoction is made of the leaves of Vitex negundo (indrani) and long pepper (pipli); it is given with addition of a little fried asafortida.
• Saindhavadya Teila: This medicated oil is prepared by boiling 8 lb. of sesame oil, with 16 oz of ginger, 6 oz each of rock salt, long pepper (pipli), the roots (piplimul) of the Long prepared and the roots of Plumbago zeylanica (chitraka, 20 fruits of the Marking Nut Tree (bhilavan) and 32 lb of rice water till all the water has evaporated; the strained oil is used medicinally.
• Samsharkar Churna: The powder is made up of 7 parts of ginger, 6 parts of long pepper (pipli), 5 parts of black pepper, 4 parts of the flowers of Mesua ferea (nagkesar), 3 parts of the leaves of Cinnamomum tamala (tejpatta), 2 parts of cinnamon, 1 part of cardamoms 28 parts of sugar; it is given in doses of 45 to 180 grains.
• Svadisht Virechan Churna: This powder consists of flowers of sulphur 1 oz liquorice root (madhuka) 1 oz fennel seeds (madhurika) 3 oz, of leaves of Cassia angustifolia (senna) 93 oz of sugar 6 oz; this powder is given in doses of 20 to 40 grains with hot water at bed time.

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