Dadrughna. Vern. Dάd-mardan. Beng. and Hind.

The leaves and seeds of these three plants are used in skin diseases, and enter into the composition of numerous prescriptions for them. Kάsamarda signifies destroyer of cough. It is described as expectorant and useful in cough and hoarseness, but it does not appear to be much used in these diseases.

The seeds of Cassia Sophora, Raphanus sativus (mulaka) and sulphur, in equal parts, are rubbed into a paste with water and applied to patches of pityriasis and psoriasis.1 The seeds of Cassia Tora are steeped in the milky juice of Euphorbia neriifolia, and afterwards rubbed into a paste with cow's urine for application to keloid tumours.2 Equal parts of the seeds of Cassia Tora and Pongamia glabra (karanja) with a fourth part of the root of Tinos-pora cordifolia (gulancha) are rubbed together into a paste and applied in ringworm.3 Dadrughna or Dadamardana signifies curer of ringworm. Its leaves are used in this disease.