The succedaneum is Aotungun. The dose two direms of the seed. It is
also called Kooncha, vide Kewanch.
797 Kowrie.--"CyprÊa Monita." P. Khirmora. It is sweet and pungent,
cool and flatulent; used in bile and heat; beneficial in affections
of the eyes and in blisters. If burnt and introduced into the ear,
I have found it of use in diseases of that organ. It is excellent
for cleansing and drying venereal sores.
798 Kawaal.--(The Hog.) Its meat is heating, moist, light, and
increases semen to a great degree; induces corpulence, creates
appetite, and is tonic. Its fat is very aphrodisiac as an external
application; it is also useful as an application to the eyes, as a
stomachic, preserving health, and producing aphrodisia. Is tonic;
useful in sprains and disorders of the three secretions. P. Khunzeer.
799 Kowa.--The Crow. P. Zaagh or Kolagh. A. Ghorab. Its properties
are mentioned in Yunani works in India; it is also called Koral.
800 Kokla.--"Indian Cuckoo." A black bird, which in the commencement
of the hot weather has a fine and strong note; its flesh creates
appetite, induces costiveness, and is useful in disorders of wind
and mucus.
801 Goh.--The Guana. Its flesh is tonic, aphrodisiac, stomachic,
and used in disorders of bile and wind. A. Zubbub. P. Soosmar.
802 Kowadoorie.--A. Hubbunneel.
803 Gokhroo also Kunthphill; cures difficulty of breathing, cough,
and suppression of urine. Is lithontriptic; useful in affections of
the heart and wind.
A. Khussuk. It is of two kinds, a cultivated and wild. Its plant
is like the melon; its branches spreading widely on the ground. Its
fruit is hard and triangular, with prickles on its angles; thus it is
called Gokhroo. P. Kharkhusuk. There is a larger kind called Gokhroo
Dekanee. In the Dhunterri, it is said to be beneficial in the three
secretions, to create appetite, beneficial in dysentery and pains of
the bowels, to increase semen, induce corpulency, to be cool, sweet,
and aphrodisiac, tonic, useful in seminal weakness, gonorrhoea,
and pains in the urinary bladder. "Tribulus Lanuginosus."
804 Gowdunta.--A kind of arsenic, of a light red color.
805 Gota.--Sweet, bitter, pungent, hot, light, and aphrodisiac; useful
in Soorkhbad, acne, cough, Juzam, and disorders of wind and bile.
806 Kookurchundie.--Obtains the name from its being an emetic to dogs.
807 Kookurbangra.--A name for Kukrownda.
808 Goondroo or Goonderuk. A name for Koondur, a gum resembling
Mastich, but more red; it cures disorders of wind, mucus, and fever;
restrains perspiration; is aphrodisiac; strengthens memory; gives
tone to the stomach, urinary bladder, brain.
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