964 Mayursuka.--Light; cures disorders of bile and mucus, and restrains
laxities of the bowels.
965 Mayoorshuka.--The Moorshuka.
966 Mendha.--P. Meshe. Its flesh is heavy, moist, tonic; increases
wind and bile. This is the name of the male, and his meat is preferable
to the female. "Ram."
967 Mynphill.--"Gardenia Dumetorum, Kˆen. Vangueria Spinosa,
Roxb." Bitter and hot, astringent and dry, light and emetic; useful
in disorders of mucus and Juzam, swellings, flatulence, and dryness
of the seven Dhats, Badgola, and is suppurating.
968 Methie.--"Trigonella Foenum-grÊcum, Wild." Hot and dry; exhilarates
the spirits; creates appetite; induces costiveness; is vermifuge, and
decreases semen. Its seed is useful in cough, nausea, and disorders
of mucus. A. Hoolba.
969 Mydhasingie.--A kind of Doodie.
970 Myoorjung.--A name for Aoloo; obtains its name from its stem
resembling in straightness the peacock's leg.
971 Meed.--Vide Mahameed.
972 Meetanimboo.--Called also, Rajenimboophill, and in
P. Shukurleemboo.
973 Nalee or Narie.--A small plant, which lies on the ground. Its
leaves somewhat like the tamarind leaf. In some works the Narie is
separately described. Its qualities are hot, and it is discutient;
useful in affections of wind from cold; is laxative and beneficial
in disorders of the mouth.
974 Naryil.--"Cocos nucifera." A tree like the Taar or Khoojoor;
its fruit is oval, and betwixt that and its covering is a fibrous
substance in considerable quantities; its weight from half a rittal
to one or more. It is cool; slow of digestion; expels gravel;
induces costiveness; is aphrodisiac and tonic; useful in disorders
of wind, blood, bile, general heat; and its water is cool, light
and cardiac; increases appetite and semen. If not quickly drunk,
and has become fermented, it produces some degree of intoxication,
raises the spirits, and is tonic. Its cheese, when first produced,
resembles milk, and is said to be very sweet; it afterwards becomes
hardened, and increases semen, wind, and disorders of bile. Bullienas,
a physician, has related, that if a torch is made of the rind and
coir, and burnt in the midst of a large company, it will produce so
soporific an effect as to put them all to sleep.
975 Naringee.--Some have stated this to be a name for Narinje, but
this is a mistake; it is produced in Indostan. Its properties are
less powerful than Sungterra or Kowla, but its acid greater.
"Narinje is the Citrus Aurantium, or Nagaranga, San. Rind stomachic;
juice acid and bitter."
976 Nagesur.--"Mesua ferrea." Indian rose chestnut? A seed smaller than
the Kubabcheenee; the plant is thin, and its stem long. It is dry,
light, corrects indigested food; cures or removes offensive smell
from the perspiration; useful in Juzam, acne, mucus, and poisons;
it is said to be a name for Narmusk.
977 Nagdown.--Mugwort? Cures boils and eruptions, and is an antidote
to the poison of spiders and snakes. A. Huleyoon, Artemisia Vulgaris.
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