1022 Veedoorie also Bedoorie. A. Ynoolhur. It is commonly known by
the name Sahroonia; hot, acid, and useful in cholics.
1023 Veroojun.--Also Beroojun. The author of the Kasmi has described
this as a small stone, or a name for any small stone; some describe
it as a kind of Jewaheer.
1024 Harsinghar.--"Nyctanthes Arbor Tristis;" also called
Hursinghar. It grows to about a man's height, and when at the very
highest, is about 12 feet, though some have seen it even higher. Its
leaves are pointed, thick, and hard; its flowers small and white;
their stem red. Its leaves rubbed on ring-worm cure the affection:
first scaling the part, then healing. It is cool and light; useful in
disorders of wind, mucus, and bile. It is aphrodisiac, and re-unites
broken bones.
1025 Haloon.--"The seed of the Cress, or Lepidium Sativum." The seed of
the Agur; it is smaller than the seed of the Tookbalingha, but thicker,
and of a red color; it is aphrodisiac and tonic; removes hiccup,
wind, mucus, and disorders of the blood. It is hot and dry. A. Hurf.
1026 Hudhjora.--The flower of the Hursinghar; it produces the re-union
of fractured bones, from which property it derives its name. "Cissus
quadrangularis."
1027 Hoorhoora.--A small plant, with many flowers, of a white color,
and very small: one kind of it is called Burumseerjela. The first
kind is cool, heavy, and diuretic; useful in disorders of mucus and
wind. The second is hot and light; useful in seminal weakness and
fever; and is lithontriptic, and removes difficulty of voiding urine.
1028 Hurunkherie or Hurunkhoorie. A small plant of India; its leaves
resembling a deer's hoof, which has given it this title. It is usually
found in wheat fields; it is hot, and aperient; useful in scabies,
Juzam, and loss of sensation. If one direm fresh be eaten with 10
grains of black-pepper, bruised, daily, it will restore lost sensation.
1029 Hurtaal.--"The yellow Sulphuret of Arsenic. Orpiment." Pungent
and astringent; hot and dry; useful in disorders from poison, scabies,
Juzam, aphthÊ, disorders of the blood, mucus and bile, fever, and
possession with evil spirits. It is a common application in scabies,
and is called Zernikh Zerd. It is of five kinds, yellow, red, green,
white, and black. The yellow is called Hurtaal, and the white kind is
used by alchymists in the transmutation of metals; it is in the opinion
of every one hot and dry in the 3rd or 4th degree; its corrector is
milk and cow's ghee; its dose four ratties, after it is killed or
prepared, and is thus much esteemed as a medicine in disorders from
cold, such as paralysis, epilepsy, affections of the joints, Juzam, and
white leprosy. It is aphrodisiac, and increases appetite and digestion.
It is thus prepared for use in Leprosy.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account