La-vanga. 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.1 The following pill, called Chatuhsama vaii, is commonly used in indigestion. Take of cloves, ginger, άjowan and rock salt, equal parts, and make into eight-grain pills.