850 Gehoon.--A name for Gundum. A. Hinta. It is oleaginous and slow
of digestion; facilitates the junction of fractured bones. Is soft,
tonic, useful in mucus, and increases semen. Its oil is beneficial in
Daad and swellings from vitiated bile. The oil is thus made:--White
Gehoon is moistened for a night in water, and in the morning the oil
is extracted.
851 Geroo.--It is sweet, astringent, and cool; useful in ulcers;
clears the skin; beneficial in piles, heat, and incipient phlegmon. It
resembles the Gilermonie, and is often substituted for it.
852 Laak.--Common lac is a kind of wax, formed by the Coccus Lacca:
cool, moist; clears the color of the skin; is aphrodisiac; useful
in disorders of mucus, blood, bile; and is vermifuge. It also cures
boils, eruptions, acne, bruises, and Juzam, and removes possession
by evil spirits. I have found it to be very aphrodisiac.
This is the gum of the Baer tree. There is one kind of Seed Lac,
which when melted becomes like this.
853 Lahi.--A name for Ulsee.
854 Langullie.--The name of a shrub, pungent and hot; useful in
disorders of wind, mucus, and ulcers, also in affections of the
stomach and bowels; is laxative.
855 Lubhera.--Hot; antidote to poison; useful in blisters, boils,
acne, and Juzam; strengthens the hair of the head; is aphrodisiac;
useful in disorders of wind, blood, and in hectic fever.
856 Lublie or Lolie. A high tree with very numerous leaves and
branches; the leaves are smooth and shining, and when rubbed, have
a sweet smell: they are of a yellowish color. Its bark is soft
and flexible; the fruit like the Malkungnie, but of a dark-purple
color. The properties of the fruit are, that it cures disorders
of blood, and piles, superabundance of wind, and eruptions of the
mouth. It is light, and the kernel of the seed is of the same nature.
857 Lutoobrie.--Called also Soonitjhal. The plant is about half a yard
in height, it grows in the hot weather on the banks of the rivers or
near water; brought in contact with the skin, it produces itching
and pimples. The Hindoos use it as pickles by cutting the branches
in pieces, infusing them in water for several days till they become
sour. It is hot, and its juice very useful in ringworm. It in the
first place causes a great discharge of water from the parts, and
then heals them up. If it is bruised and applied for three days to
parts void of sensation, it will produce blisters, and the water being
discharged, and common ointment applied to the parts, the cure will
be found complete. It dissipates wind. The leaves resemble Tirriteruk;
the flower is yellow like the Baboona.
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