299 Teraemanna, called also Teraman.--It is cool, sweet, and useful in
pains of the stomach, in mucus, super-abundance of blood, giddiness,
thirst, delirium, poisons, and vomiting. Manna.
300 Teroor, called also great Dathun.--Bitter and cool; strengthens
eye-sight; cures bile, heat, diseases of the mouth and hepatic
eruptions.
301 Tirnie.--Cool and sweet, increasing eye-sight, beneficial in
bilious disorders, bile, heat, thirst, vomiting, and eruptions of
the mouth.
302 Tirdisha.--A name for Mahomeed.
303 Tyrphilla.--The name for Hurr, Bhaera, and Anula.
304 Tirpurnie.--An appellation for Jalpurnie or Tirpunnie.
305 Takkur.--The name given to a mixture of Dhaie and water.
306 Tuggur.--A name for Asaroon (Asarabece); it is sweet, hot,
moist, light, and an antidote to poisons. It cures epilepsy,
delirium, affections of the eyes, wind, and mucus. One kind of it is
red. (Asarum), excellent errhine.
307 Teluck.--A flower like the Till; hot, beneficial in mucous
disorders, and Juzam; an ingredient in favourite formulÊ.
308 Telk.--Ginger.
309 Till or Tillee.--The name of a seed, from which oil is extracted,
and which leaves much refuse after the oil has been drawn. When green,
it is dry, increases knowledge, and promotes appetite. Is astringent,
reduces corpulency, clears the voice and complexion, and allays
thirst. There are three kinds of this, the 1st called Pooth, the 2nd
Tilbund, or white Till, the 3rd is wild; it is heavy and astringent,
increases mucus and bile, strengthens the head, cures boils, and all
rheumatic affections. Is stomachic, increases knowledge, and restrain
the secretion of urine. The best kind is black, next the white, and
last in order the red. The flower of the Till is useful in disorders
of the eye, such as specks, and that affection called Nachoona, and
is applied mixed with Soorma with good effect. This is stated both
in the Ejalenapheh and Elajejul-umrae.
310 Toolsi.--"Ocimum Sanctum. (Roxb. MS.) Shrubby, hairy, branches
four-sided, leaves ovate, oblong, serrated with margins, and petioles
hairy; bractes petioled, ovate, cordate, ciliate, upper lip of the
calyx round, cordate, and hairy, with corol twice its length. Its seed,
Tookmi Rehan, H. of a mucilaginous nature."
A common plant, about a yard high or more; its leaves small and
longish, and serrated at the edges. The Hindoos consider it as very
sacred, and worship it. It is a species of sweet basil (Raihan);
bitter, pungent, hot, cardiac, and stomachic. It increases bile and
general heat, cures Juzam, difficulty in making water, affections of
the liver and blood.
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