1 infusion of the root is-ascribed a mild astringent virtue.
2 Achyr. asp. semina (X.) Cutaneous diseases, after a
3 serpent’s bite. Eruption in patches. Ophthalmia.
4 Pleurodynia. Salivation.
5 AcoxrrvM mbbkctum. Don .—is to Ire met with on the hills
6 of Cashmere; but, is not in use.
7 AcoNitom kerox —grows in the Himalayah. The root is
8 officinal with both English physicians and the natives. The latter
9 report, that, in its natural state, the root is white; and that when
10 immersed in the urine of cows, it becomes black; it. is lustrous
11 when broken, as it is met with in the bazaars.
12 It is used in leprosy, fewer, cholera, rheumatism, &c. It is
13 supposed that the natives poison animals with it. When at
14 Lahore, 1 r eceived from the English cantonment, for analysation,
15 a vegetable compound, which had lx*en discovered in (lie artil¬
16 lery department, in the form of a ball, where it, prolrtibly, had
17 been deposited for the purpose ol destroying the cattle. I
18 ascertained the presence of this root in that mass. J. be collected
19 coarse pieces wore white, ol the like texture and pungency with
20 this root. Tlie pungency of this drug differs from that ol ea|>-
21 sicum, which is felt immediately on the tongue during mastication,
22 and is of shorter continuance ; whilst that of this root is not felt
23 until after a few minutes, when it is more intense, and affects
24 extensively both the .mouth and throat. *
25 Jconii. ferw. ntbi et nigri radices (III.)
26 Aconitum hk.tkbophyi.lum— is found in the Himalayalis.
27 The roots are officinal, but seldom used; neither are they so
28 poisonous as the foregoing. I he Hakims administer them as
29 tonic and aphrodisiac ; also in pectoral affections, as cough, &c
30 Atvnit. heteroph. radii . (II.)
31 * AeouiTUM Nackllus— is a well-know n officinal plant ol the
32 European mountains, cultivated also in gardens; and is used by
33 European physicians in gout, &c. The oriental Doctors are not
34 acquainted with it. I procured some of the extract of this plant