CARYOPHYLLUS AROMATICUS, Linn. Sans. Lavanga. Cloves, as might be expected, are much used in Hindu Medicine, as an aromatic adjunct. They are regarded as light, cooling, stomachic, digestive and useful in thirst, vomiting, flatulence, colic, etc. An infusion of cloves is given to appease thirst. The following pill, called Chatuḥsama vati, is commonly used in indigestion. Take of cloves, ginger, ájowan and rock salt, equal parts, and make into eight-grain pills.
The Sanskrit name in Devanagari beside the romanized one, the superscript note number, and the Sanskrit verse in the footnote are not transcribed.