1 before gtting to bed, witji the given peel, not too thinly out, for
2 three eoniecutive nighty; when the cockroaches will collect about
3 the pieces and greedily devour them, and the disappearance <>f
4 ' these troublesome visitors "be thereby procurer!.
5 Cucum. sat. sals, tincture (l.) Rheumatic pain of the
6 shoulders.
7 Cucum ts infr.nsiMua—is the Cucumber most used, as a vege¬
8 table, at ’Lahore, where it is met with half a yard in length, and is
9 commonly eaten raw by the natives. The powrier of the roaster!
10 seeds is described as a powerful diuretic, and serviceable in pro¬
11 moting the passage of sand or gravel. (B. l)inp.)
12 Cucurihta CfntOLUs—Melons are cultivated in the Punjab;
13 but, the largest and finest, are brought from Umrit.-ir to Lahore.
14 From their seeds are prepared by the I bikinis cooling beverages.
15 Cucitrh. CitrulL semina (T.)
16 (’ucuamTA Lagenaiua. Laymaria vulgaris —In the wild
17 state the fruit is poisonous, producing symptoms like those of
18 Cholera. Dr. Land ley states,’that some sailors were poisoned in
19 England by drinking beer which had been kept in a flask made
20 of one of these gourds. (H. Disp.)
21 CnctnuuTA Pepo— is cultivated in Lahpre.
22 CuMi.v’Viu OYminUJa— is used by the Hakims in flatulency,
23 affection of the spine, suppression of milk, of urine and cata¬
24 menia.
25 Cumini semina (I.) Psbrophthalmia. Thoracic, pain.
26 Cupressus sB?tPKjtvittKN8 xux (strotmli 4' folia )—.are
27 officinal at Lahore, they are procured from the hills.
28 Cnpress. {strobuhis velgnlbufots) nuoo (I.) Rheumatic-
29 inflanitfiatory toothache, with or without caries, fever
30 and swelling of the cheek.
31 Cuprum,—C opper in a state of oxyde is much used by the
32 natives of the Last. They administer the sulphate of copj>er
33 internally as well as externally. An oxyde of copper, called
34 missee , is used bv the Mussel men all over Hindustan, to stain
35 their teeth black and to strengthen the gums. it. Ainslie,
36 Voi. II,, p. 513.
37 VOL. u. ' & i