1 Ptiriji'b, but more for dye, than for medicine. See V<>>. I.
2 p. 1GT.
3 indigaf. Anil herba (I.) Inflammation of the liver.
4 Indicpikra r.nmoi.iA—vegetates in the lower mountains of
5 the Punjab. There, the root of this plant, is sai l to be officinal and
6 to be tised in febrile eruptions. Tt i' Dealsing’s root for Torkee.
7 Indigof. linifol. radiv (I.) ; alivati»n. Thoracic pain.
8 l-.'iucuM. Fig men turn Indicut/i —is a well-known blue color¬
9 ing matter from India. See Vjl. I. p. 731 Indigo is sometimes
10 used externally, by the natives, but, internally very seldom.
11 In European medicine, if is considered as a sub-astringent: is
12 administered .sometimes in diarrluea, and forms an ingredient, in
13 nervine baths. Indigo is used in Epilepsy: die following
14 curious manner of employing it is practised in the Islands of the
15 Grecian Archipelugo:—Epileptics, during the fits, are wrapped
16 in linen, recently dipped in a solution of Indigo, am? then covered
17 up warm in bed, so as to promote sweating. Might, not this
18 mode eif stimulating perspiration be useful in paralysis, dropsy,
19 cholera, rheumatic pains, etc. P
20 Indigum (II.) Quiusey. Thoracic pain.
21 Indigo-nitrici itcidum (III.)
22 * Inula Hki.knjom— is not officinal at I abort-. Arabian
23 writers recommend the elecampam-root us an expectorant in
24 accumulations of mucus oil the chest, unj as a resolvent in in¬
25 durations. The root, I used, was procured from Agra.
26 Inula It'd radiv (I.)
27 Inula. Rovj.kana (7. lietenii a //".)—grows in the Cashme-
28 rcan hills; but, os the plant is considered poisondur, it is not
29 used. I am of opinion, that important virtues lie hidden in it,
30 and that it is w ell worthy of being expe rimented with.
31 Inc la vtscosA Sa gra oeolen? — have been lately recommended
32 as diuretics, useful in calculous diseases.
33 loniNVM—is unknown to the Eastern doctors, :;sit is but a late
34 invention of European scientific men. It is indeed, one of the most
35 important articles in arts and medicine, and new disc -. cries of
36 utility arc made almost daily. Illtas recently been n com nurded