511 Rooi.--When very old, if stuffed into the nose, it promotes the discharge of every thing offensive from the brain. It also cures disorders in the head, the consequence of indigestion, as also hemicrania. A. Kotun (Cotton.) 512 Romus or Mudwal. A name of Bindaloo. 513 Rohni.--Of two kinds, both astringent and cool; beneficial in worms in the stomach, and affections of the throat, which it also clears. 514 Roheera.--A medicine of India; laxative; useful in wind, Badgola, affections of the liver and spleen, and in dropsy. 515 Rahusphill.--A kind of Mowa. 516 Reewudj.--The name of a shrub, cool and useful in suppression of urine, general heat, disorders of the three secretions, and blood; its tree is astringent and hot; cures disorders of the mouth, and is an antidote to poisons; it is vermifuge, cures itches, boils, and wounds, and disorders of the blood and mucus. It prevents the effects of evil-eyes, or demoniacal possession. 517 Reech.--The Bear. Its taste is sweet, cool, and heavy; it is aphrodisiac, and removes affections from wind. P. Khirs. 518 Reenga.--The fruit of the Sumhaloo; produces appetite, clears the uterus after parturition; increases knowledge and bile. 519 Reetha.--"Sapindus Saponaria. The soap-nut, soap-wort." Hot, and useful in disorders of the three secretions, and in blood. This however does not coincide with the result of my experience, but I have found it useful in cases of hemicrania, as a cephalic used in the opposite nostril: prevents demoniacal possession. A. Bunduck Hindui. 520 Rewind.--"Rheum Palmatum. Rhubarb." Laxative, stomachic, and astringent; and if taken after meals with rose water, it promotes digestion and strengthens the bowels. It removes mucus from the pylorus. 521 Zeera.--"Cuminum Cyminum, W. Jiraca, S. Cumin seed." Hot and dry; light, stomachic, astringent; increases knowledge, clears the uterus; and of use in disorders of that viscus; it relieves flatulence, Badgola, and vomiting. 522 Zeerki.--A name for Zuerishk. 523 Zachmeheath.--A small shrub, growing close on the ground, covering it with its foliage; it is found by the side of fields of water; it is of two kinds, the leaf of one small and thin, those of the other broad and thick. The first kind is excellent in the cure of piles: thus, dried in the shade, pounded, sifted, and taken every morning in the quantity of a palmful with water, for fourteen days; and every night at bed-time, taking 12 mashas of K˙nd Sia, and during its use abstaining from all acids, or other things, which may produce wind. 524 Zerki.--A name of pepper, called also K·la Dana. 525 Zumiekund.--A name for Soor˙n. 526 Sanbir.--A name for Sembile. 527 Saarba.--A medicine of India, of two kinds, both sweet, moist, and heavy; produces semen, and is aphrodisiac; cures disorders of wind, bile, mucus, menorrhagia, and colliquative diarrhoea in fever.