651 Shetoot.--A name for the mulberry.
652 Shehut.--Also Shehud. A. Assil, "Honey." Vide Yunani works.
653 Sheeta.--A kind of Doob grass.
654 Sheesha.--Resembling Kaley in properties. A. Asserab.
655 Sheeshum.--Also Seeshum.
656 Sheobogun.--A name for Bael, from the word Mahadeo, who is called
"Sheo," and Bogun, which signifies "ornament."
657 Abbasie.--"Mirabilis Jalappa, W. Gul Abbas, H. The root is a
mild and efficient purgative, equal, if not superior, to the common
jalap." A very common shrub, used by Dr. McNabb, as a purgative;
its flower is of a red color and very beautiful, and there are some
yellow and white, and variegated; it grows about a yard high or even
more; its leaves are triangular, and about two inches long. A pickle
is made from the root, and the flower is dressed and eaten with
meat. The leaves are suppurating. It is generally understood that
the root, when old, is the Choobcheenee, but this is not the case,
though it resembles it, or that kind called Kutai.
658 Ghoghaie.--A bird called in A. Asphoor. It resembles the
turtle-dove, and derives its name from the great noise it makes. It
is also called Pukherie, but this is a general name for wild fowl.
659 Gowreh.--All kinds of green fruit.
660 Ghafis.--Hemp; Agrimony; deobstruent; dose one miskal.
661 Ghar.--The laurel; discutient and attenuant; dose half miskal.
662 Ghasool.--Glasswort; Hindooi, Chook; P. Ghasul; hot and dry;
detergent and caustic; dose half direm.
663 Ghareekoon.--Agaric; deobstruent, vermifuge, cathartic; dose one
or two danas.
664 Ghirb.--The mountain pine, drying.
665 Kakjunga.--Cool, but some say hot, and dry in the 2nd degree; it
is vermifuge, and useful in an over-loaded stomach, in poisons, mucus,
and eruptions from suffusion of bile; also in fevers. It also obtains
the name of Misie. Rijel ul Ghorab, A. Tokhem Khelal Kheleel, P.
666 Kans.--A shrub with a white flower, of a downy kind; cures
suppression of urine or dysuria, heat of the body, disorders of blood,
bile, and hectic fever.
667 Kakolie.--Its properties resemble Jirkakolie.
668 Kaksaag.--Aperient, and promotes appetite; cures disorders of
mucus, swellings of the body, and expels wind.
669 Kasmerie or Kasmuroo, or Kasmurga, or Kasheera. It is hot; heavy;
cures fever, pains in the bowels, and its flower is astringent and
beneficial in eruptions from diffusion of bile. It is an ingredient
in many formulÊ. It prevents the approach of old age, strengthens
all the animal functions, and is aphrodisiac and diuretic.
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