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
Suféd-dámar (_Hind._, _Duk._), Kúndro (_Beng._), Sundras (_Punj._),
Sindrus (_Kash._), Vellai-kúndrikum (_Tam._), Dúpa-dámaru, Tella-dámaru
(_Tel._), Vella-kúnturukkam (_Mal._), Hal, Hal-dumlua (_Cing._), Guttah
rukam putch (_Malay_).
In the absence of White Dammar, Black Dammar, the resin of Canarium
strictum, _Roxb._, may be substituted. Its native names are Kalá-damar
(_Hind._, _Duk._, _Beng._), Karuppu-damar (_Tam._), Nalla-rojan
(_Tel._), Kálo-damar (_Guz._).
372. The specimens of White or Piney Dammar are met with in the bazaars
in irregular masses, which differ in colour, fragrance, and density,
some being of a light greenish colour, dense and uniform in substance,
whilst others are yellow, amber-coloured, and vesicular, or full of
small bladders; these differences apparently arise from the mode of
collection and the age of the trees producing them. This resin burns
with a clear, steady light, giving off a pleasant smell, but very little
smoke; under the influence of gentle heat it combines with wax and oil,
and forms a good substitute for officinal Resin in various ointments and
plasters. The following is an eligible form for common use. Take of
White Dammar, five ounces; Kokum Butter, eight ounces; Wax, two ounces.
Melt with a gentle heat, stirring briskly as it cools. This spread on
rag or lint forms a good stimulant dressing for _Carbuncles and other
Ulcerations_.
373. From the _fruit_ of Vateria Indica, _Linn._, common on the western
coast of the Peninsula, is obtained a solid fatty oil named Piney Tallow
or Vegetable Tallow of Canara, which has obtained considerable repute as
a local application in _Chronic Rheumatism_, and some other painful
affections. Like Kokum Butter, it may be used as a substitute for animal
fats in the preparation of ointments, &c. It is deserving of more
attention than has hitherto been paid to it.
373_a_. +Vernonia Seeds.+ The seeds of Vernonia anthelmintica, _Willd._
Sómráj, Bukchí (_Hind._), Sómráj (_Beng._), Káttu-shíragam (_Tam._),
Adavi-jila-kara, Visha-kanta-kálu (_Tel._), Káttu-jírakam (_Mal._),
Kádu-jirage (_Can._), Ránácha-jíré (_Mah._), Kadvo-jíri (_Guz._),
Sanni-náegam, Sanni-násang (_Cing._), Justan hutan (_Malay_).
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