1 says, that, when swallowed, they induce violent vomiting, pains,
2 convulsions,and even death. These seeds called rutty in Hind'is-
3 tuuee, are used throughout India by the natives us the smallest
4 weight, representing the grains of Europeans. Its roots, called
5 Indian liquorice, being cylindrical and sweet, are used in the
6 West and East Indies, like those of the common liquorice in
7 Europe. How different the qualities of the root and the seed;
8 the one on a par with arsenic, the other with liquorice!
9 Abruti- prcc. rad. (1.)
10 Abrus prec. sent. (III.) Cholera-morbus. Diarrhoea. Pains
11 in the arms, chest, and shoulders.
12 * Absinthium (Autkmisia) Artemisia Indiva —is less used in
13 Lahore, than the Wormwood of Cashmere, which the lakinia
14 administer in protracted fevers, affections of the bile, atony of
15 the liver, &c.
16 Absinth, herba . (T.) Fever. Nodes. Pains of the shoulders.
17 Salivation at night, with indigestion. Itch.
18 Acacia. Akamca —is one of the most useful trees, vegetating
19 all over Hindustan ; its gum is the Indian A rabie-gum; its bark
20 is used in tanning, and in promoting the fermentation of saccha¬
21 rine substances for making spirit. The Hakims use not only
22 the gum and the bark, hut also the leaves and the seeds of this
23 tree in their medicines.
24 Acaa. Arab, cortex, gnuuni, folia dr semina (I.)
25 Fol. Diarrhoea with or without fever.
26 Sent. Sensation of burning and pricking.
27 Acacia Cahuliga is a species of Acacia tree in Lahore,
28 probably brought from Cabul.
29 Avar. Cabul. flares A folio (I.)
30 Acacia I’arnksjana— is one of the most elegant Acacias in
31 the Ea-u Indies, iu Lahore I reared some trees from seeds
32 which were sent from the botanical garden of Calcutta. T oh-
33 s.Tved that a balsamic liquid, iu abundance, is contained in the
34 dried husk which envelopes the seeds; the latter I have fre¬
35 quently used with advantage, and have communicated their
36 .diets in the preceding Medical part, hut, the former 1 regret