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The medical knowledge represented in this book is several centuries old. The publication of this book is for historical interest only, and is not to be construed as medical advi...
2. Part 226 Adjan.--Or Adjain, a large tree, with wide spreading branches, in size approaching that of the mangoe; its leaves growing close, and also resembling those of the mangoe tree,...
3. Part 384 Aoode Belao.--Lutre Lutreola, (Shaw.) The Otter? An animal, named also Kunduss, called in P. Saqeabi. Its scrotum is called Jeunel bedesther. Its properties fully related in...
4. Part 4127 Papotun.--A plant, about a yard high; its seed is like that of the nightshade, at first green, and when ripe, red; in appearance like the Goonchee, covered with a very thin...
5. Part 5199 Bunda.--Epidendrum Tessillatum, (Missletoe.) Epidendron Tesseloides, (Roxb.) I know not whether this is in itself a tree, or a shrub, or from whence it makes its appearance;...
6. Part 6269 Peepul.--"Ficus Religiosa." A tree of India, very large and common; the young leaves are green, but when well formed become yellowish; it is cool; cures disorders of bile, p...
7. Part 7327 Thour.--Euphorbia Neriifolia, Roxb. called also Th˙r. A kind of Zekoom, (thorny tree,) some call it Synhud, others describe it as resembling the Zekoom, and that its fruit i...
8. Part 8421 CheehurÊ.--A tree of India; there is another kind called Choobnuz, and a third kind S·toona. Its wood smells strong and rancid; it is hot and dry in the 3rd degree; it is ve...
9. Part 9If the leaves are rubbed on silver, and that put into the fire, it will become yellow; if the leaves are thrown into melted tin, it will assume the appearance of gold. If mercur...
10. Part 10583 Sungtirra.--The author of the Ayeen Akberry calls it Sontirra. A fruit of India of great esteem; it is of a yellowish red color, in shape like the apple, but larger. Its rin...
11. Part 11639 Shubbe.--Polyanthes Tuberosa. The name of a common flower, which has a strong scent in the night; it is of several kinds, white, yellow, red, and yellowish red. It is hot an...
12. Part 12A little of it commenced with and constantly used for seven days, with a little sugar, is beneficial in affections of the spleen; it is used in Aniseed water as a lithontriptic;...
13. Part 13A man had the bleeding piles to an annoying degree of severity. A physician advised him to eat some of the leaves of this, bruised, and made up with pepper into pills; he made u...
14. Part 14846 Kela.--Musa Paradisiaca. The Plantain or Banana. The tree is straight, about the height of a spear. Its leaves, when young, come out in the form of a round ruler, and are so...
15. Part 15924 Mullagheer.--The name of a tree, the wood of which is very heavy, and full of veins. It is brought from a distance; when pounded, it is of a reddish black color, has fine sm...
16. Part 16979 Murdok.--A shrub, found in the hills; its leaves like those of the cucumber, its root called Davaun nemr. The leopard eats the root, which produces a swelling near its tail...
17. Part 171043 Hunspeedie.--A small shrub, growing close to the ground; its branches thin; its leaves small like the Doodie; it is cool and heavy; useful in disorders of blood, poisons, b...