727 Kurkura.--(Ardea Virgo.) A species of paddy-bird, called also Kurkhuraa; its flesh increases corpulency; is aphrodisiac, and strengthens the system. 728 Kurinjua or Korinjeka, or Kurinjee. "Guilandina Bonduccella, Linn. CÊsalpinia Bonduccella. Roxb. Kutkuleja, H. An excellent tonic, and infallible in the cure of intermittents, when combined with a decoction of Chereyta. Dose one seed, mixed with pepper, which may be repeated every three hours." A seed, or rather nut, hard and shining; it is of a blue or greenish color; light, round, and thick, like the Majoo; when shaken near the ear the kernel is found loose, and when broken, this is found whitish, like the Mukhana. Its shrub grows to the height of a man, more or less, "but if supported, will run much higher. It is covered with very sharp prickles, and makes the best fence in the world perhaps." It is hot; cures piles; is vermifuge, useful in Juzam, and its leaves are beneficial in disorders of wind, mucus, and blood. A. Ektumkut. P. Khayeblees. Leaves used as a fomentation in rheumatic pains. 729 Kurwara or Kurwala. A name for Amultas; P. Phuloos. A. Khiarshimber. Discutient, aperient, and laxative. See Yunani works. 730 Korund.--A name for Sunadudje. 731 Goor.--It is sweet to the taste and a little pungent; light, aperient; creates appetite; increases bile and swellings of the body; produces worms and cures disorders of wind; strengthens the system; is diuretic and cardiac. P. Kund Sia. 732 Kurr.--"Carthamus Tinctoria." A name of Masphir or Kussumb. P. Kussukdana. A. Koortub. It is of a white color like peas, and a little pointed; it is very common; removes phlegm, and is aperient. 733 Karela.--"Momordica Charantia." A common culinary fruit, of a green or yellowish color, and encloses numerous seeds. It is about two or three inches long, and very irregular in the surface. It is in its properties cool and light; some say hot and heavy, and some call it equal. It is pungent and laxative; beneficial in piles, eruptions of the mouth, disorders of the blood, jaundice, panroque, phlegm, seminal weakness, and it is vermifuge. Its name is said to be Kassaul hemar. In my opinion it is very drying, by reason of its heating quality: when dressed with onions, it is less heavy as food. It has the effect of strengthening the stomach weakened from cold. Its root taken, commencing with one masha and increasing to seven, will cure the venereal disease. The wild kind is named Kaarbellie. It is cool, bitter, light, and aperient; cures disorders of bile, blood, phlegm, black bile, jaundice, wind, marasmus, seminal weakness, and worms. Another kind of this produced in gardens is of a white color, and more long than the other; its coat is thin, and it is the best of all the varieties: there are many ways of dressing it, but with onions it is the best and most aphrodisiac; without onions, its effects are not so powerful, and it is less heating.