37. _In the obstinate Coughs of Childhood_, remaining after attacks of inflammation, and also _the advanced stages of Hooping Cough_, the mixture has also occasionally been found of great service in doses of a teaspoonful four or five times daily. It has also been recommended in the _Chronic Bronchitis and Asthma of Adults_; its disagreeable smell and taste is a great bar to its use, but this may, in a great measure, be obviated by giving it in the form of pill. 38. +Asteracantha (Barleria) longifolia+, _Nees_. Talmakháné, Gokshura (_Hind._), Kolsí (_Duk._), Kánta-koliká (_Beng._), Tálmakhánáh (_Punj._, _Kash._), Nir-mulli (_Tam._), Niru-gobbi (_Tel._), Vayal-chulli (_Mal._), Kolava-like (_Can._), Tál-makháná (_Mah._), Ikkiri (_Cing._), Súpadán (_Burm._). 39. The whole of this plant, common in moist sites throughout India, but especially the root, which in the dried state is sold in the bazaars, enjoys a high repute amongst the natives as a diuretic in _Dropsical_ _cases_, which European experience has, in a great measure, tended to confirm. It may be given in the form of decoction, prepared by boiling one ounce of the root in a pint of water for ten minutes, straining, and taking the whole in divided doses during the day. The following is advised by Baboo Kanny Lall Dey: Take of freshly dried Asteracantha leaves, two ounces; Distilled Vinegar, 16 ounces; macerate for three days; press and strain. Of this, the dose is from one to three tablespoonfuls in water thrice daily. 40. +Atis, or Atees.+ The root of Aconitum heterophyllum, _Wallich_. Atís (_Hind._), Atviká (_Duk._), Atis, Batis, Patis (_Punj._), Mohand-i-guj-saféd, Hong-i-saféd (_Kash._), Ati-vadayam (_Tam._), Ati-vasa (_Tel._). 41. Atís, as met with in the bazaars, occurs in the form of small tuberous roots, tapering towards a point, from one to one and a half inches or more in length, and from three-eighths to a quarter of an inch in thickness; grey externally, slightly wrinkled longitudinally, and marked here and there with rootlet scars, easily friable; internally white, farinaceous, inodorous, and of a pure bitter taste, devoid of acidity or astringency. This last character serves to distinguish it from all other roots sold under the same name. _Every root should be broken across, and all which are not pure white, with a short, starchy fracture and pure bitter taste, should be discarded._ Further, if on placing a small piece on the tongue it cause _a_ _feeling of tingling or peculiar sensibility_, followed by even the smallest degree of numbness or altered sensibility, it should _on no account_ be used. Mr. Boughton discovered in it an alkaloid to which he gave the name of _Atisine_.