Remarks on the Uses of some of the Bazaar Medicines and Common Medical Plants of India: With a full index of diseases, indicating their treatment by these and other agents procurable throughout India; to which are added directions for treatment in cases of drowning, snake-bites &c. — John Shaqi
Remarks on the Uses of some of the Bazaar Medicines and Common Medical Plants of India: With a full index of diseases, indicating their treatment by these and other agents procurable throughout India; to which are added directions for treatment in cases of drowning, snake-bites &c.Waring, Edward John
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Remarks on the Uses of some of the Bazaar Medicines and Common Medical Plants of India: With a full index of diseases, indicating their treatment by these and other agents procurable throughout India; to which are added directions for treatment in cases of drowning, snake-bites &c.
Waring, Edward John
Botany, Medical -- India; Materia medica, Vegetable -- India; Medicinal plants -- India; Traditional medicine -- India
124. Cubebs of very fair quality is often obtainable in the bazaars. [In
Southern India and elsewhere _Sítal-Chíní_ is the name in use for
Cubebs, and _Kabáb-chíní_ for Allspice (fruit of Eugenia Pimenta),
whereas in Calcutta the reverse holds good, the former (_Sítal-Chíní_)
is applied to Allspice, and the latter (_Kabáb-chíní_) to Cubebs. In the
Madras bazaars the name Kabáb-chíní is also often applied to the buds of
_Mesua ferrea_: this is incorrect, the proper name of the latter being
_Nágésar_ (Moodeen Sheriff). According to Dr. Aitchison the fruit of
Zanthoxylum alatum, _Roxb._ (Zanthoxylon hostile, _Wall_) is often sold
as Cubebs (Kabáb-chíní) in the Punjaub bazaars.] It is usually about the
size of black pepper, globular, wrinkled, blackish, supported on a short
stalk, has an acrid camphoraceous taste, and a peculiar aromatic odour.
Within the shell is a hard, spherical, whitish, oily kernel.
125. The chief use of Cubebs is as a remedy in _Gonorrhœa_, but it is
only admissible in the more advanced stages, when the acute symptoms
have subsided; in the earlier stages it may do harm. The following is a
good form: Take of powdered Cubebs, two ounces; powdered Alum, half an
ounce. Mix thoroughly, and divide into nine equal parts, one to be taken
thrice daily in water. These powders may also be used with benefit in
_Gleet_, _Leucorrhœa_, _and other Vaginal Discharges of Women_.
126. _The Coughs of Old Age_, attended with much expectoration, are
sometimes greatly benefited by Cubebs in doses of eight or ten grains
thrice daily.
127. +Datura.+ The dried leaves and stems of Datura alba, _Linn._, and
Datura fastuosa, _Linn._
Dhatúrá (_Hind._, _Duk._, _Beng._, _Punj._, _Guz._), Umattai (_Tam._),
Dáthir (_Kash._), Ummetta, Duttúramu (_Tel._), Ummatta (_Mal._),
Ummatte (_Can._), Attana (_Cing._), Padáyin (_Burm._), Kachubung
(_Malay_). These are the native generic names of the Datura plant, the
different species being distinguished by affixes denoting the colour of
the flowers, white, purple, &c.
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