Nínb, Nímb (_Hind._), Ním, (_Duk._, _Beng._, _Punj._), Vémbu, Véppam, Véppa-marum (_Tam._), Véppa-chettu, Ním-bamu (_Tel._), Véppa, Aviya-véppa (_Mal._), Bévina-mará (_Can._), Límbacha, jháda (_Mah._), Límbdanu-jháda (_Guz._), Kohum-ba, Nímba-gahá (_Cing._), Tamá-bin, Kamákha (_Burm._), Dawoon Nambu, Baypay (_Malay_). 258_b_. The Ním Tree, according to Dr. Pulney Andy (_Madras Jour. of Med. Sci._, vol. xi. (1867), p. 105), is held in veneration by the Hindús as being dedicated to the goddess Mariathá, the deity which is supposed by them to preside over all epidemics: or rather the epidemics themselves are thought to be visitations of this goddess, in honour of whom the leaves are in common use amongst Hindús, particularly in _Smallpox_ epidemics. The leaves are spread on the bed of the patient, fans made of them are used for fanning him, besides which a bunch of them is fixed above the door as a sign of the presence of the goddess in the house. Dr. Pulney Andy was thus led to make trials of the fresh tender young leaves as an internal remedy in fourteen cases, and of these thirteen recovered; but how far the recoveries were due to the remedy is very problematical. He prescribed about five grains made into a pill, with liquorice powder, and a few drops of water, thrice daily. In the absence of fresh leaves he suggests the use of dried ones in infusion or decoction (3j to Water Oj) in doses, for an adult, of one ounce twice or thrice daily. The efficacy of this remedy is open to grave doubts. 259. Ním bark varies much in appearance, according to the size and age of the tree producing it. The bark from the trunk of a tree above three or four years of age is covered with a thick scaly epidermis, and varies in thickness from a quarter to half an inch. That from the smaller branches is smooth, of a dullish purple colour, marked by longitudinal lines of ash-coloured epidermis from one-eighth to one-twelfth of an inch apart. The inner layer of the bark, of a whitish colour in the fresh state, is powerfully bitter, far more so than the outer dark-coloured layer, which, however, possesses a greater amount of astringency. According to the analysis of Mr. Broughton it contains a bitter neutral resin, in which apparently the activity of the remedy resides.