164 Burberi.--A name for Hermodaclytes. Cool, strong, dry; increases
the general heat and bile, cures disorders of the blood, phlegm,
daad, and worms. It is an antidote to poisons.
165 Bureeja.--A name for Kuna, (Galbanum.)
166 Berehta or Berehti.--(Sorrel)? (but the first is the common
name.) Kuthai; some say, that both kinds of Kuthai are called Berehti;
but it is not so, the small kind only goes by that name. Karenta
and Kutla are both names of the large Kuthai, and Kuthlee; and
Kuntkaree and Kuntkalka, are names for the small Kuthai. It is hot
and astringent, strengthens the animal spirits; is stomachic, and a
pleasant addition to the flavor of food. It is used in disorders of
mucus and blood, wind, worms, ascarides in the rectum, Juzam, fever,
asthma, pain in the bowels, cough, dysuria, emaciation, Badgola. It
is lithontriptic, and in P. is called Badinjandyshtee. The flower
called Gulkhar.
167 Purbal.--A name for Coral; see Moonga.
168 Byrumbseerjella, vide Hurhurra.
169 Peertuckhpirnie.--A species of Peereshtpirnee.
170 Buryara.--"Indian Mallow, (Sida cordifolia, W. Sida Rhombifolia,
W. Sida Rhomboidoea, Roxb. MS. Sp. Ch.) Shrubby, erect, ramous; leaves
short, petioled, rhomboid-lanceolate, serrate, 3-nerved, villous;
stipules sitaceous. Peduncles axillary, solitary, shorter than the
leaves, one-flowered, capsules 12, without beak, Roxb. MS." A very
light flower of Hindoostan, cool and dry, demulcent and emolient;
it promotes seminal secretion, and cures disorders of the spirits,
gonorrhoea, and seminal weakness. Take 24 grs. of the dried
flower in powder, and eat with milk and sugar, for the cure of the
above-mentioned disorders. Ext. Maadentezerrabad.
171 Burruntaaki.--A name for Buretta.
172 Purundha.--A name for Mahameet.
173 Pursarnie.--Hot and purgative, pungent and strengthening; expels
wind, disperses phlegm, &c. In the Maadentezerrabad, Pursarnie is
said to be a medicine of India; hot and dry, beneficial in leprosy,
boils and pains in the joints, mucous disorders, and flatulence.
174 Berahumnie, or Berrumdundie.--A wild plant, growing very low, with
very thin branches and dark-red flowers, having small prickles on them;
it is sweet, cool and light, increases knowledge and memory, relieves
pains in the back, clears the voice, and is useful in marasmus,
seminal weakness, and fever. In the Maadentezerrabad, it is thus
described--Beramdundie, a medicine of India, with prickles on its
flowers; hot and dry: seven scruples in powder taken in cow's milk,
increases memory; is aphrodisiac, and beneficial in mania; it also
removes too great irritability in the seminal vessels.
175 Berahumie.--I have given a description of this separately,
as it is so done in the Maadentezerrabad. A medicine of India, of
the herb tribe; pungent, astringent, hot and dry in the 2d degree;
beneficial in cholicks, phlegm, epilepsy, depression of spirits,
fever from mucus, and delirium from cold; it is also stomachic.
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