1 * A i,bWA I’i.antac o, v. Plantuyo.
2 Ai.kkkemoi, v. Vhvsalk Alkekengi.
3 * Ali/ium Ckpa, v. Cepa.
4 * Allium sativum —is cultivated everywhere, and is more used
5 in the kitchen than in the apothecary’s *hop; nevertheless, garlic,
6 like every other culinary vegetable, has its own medicinal pro¬
7 perties. It promotes urine, aids expectoration, etc.
8 Allium sat. (I.)
9 Aloe— is the well-known inspissated juice, from various spe¬
10 cies of aloes. In India, as in Europe, Aloes is much in use, and
11 is the principal ingredient in the manifold sorts of purging-pills.
12 Aloes socotrina (II.) Tenesmus.
13 Aloexylon Agallochum, Aquillaria Agallocha — this fra¬
14 grant aloe or eagle-wood was formerly used in Europe against
15 gout, rheumatism, giddiness, vomiting, cholera, diarrhoea, palsy,
16 etc. The Hakims administer it profusely in their majoom (elec¬
17 tuaries) in combination wit!, spites, ambergris, pearls, and
18 precious stones.
19 Aloi’vylan (I.)
20 Aumuia Galanga, v. Galanya.
21 Arsine Meow— the root is recommended as a Hydragogum.
22 Alternanteea SE 8 S 1 I.IS—is a plant of the Punjab.
23 A Item. sess. her ha (I.) Carious toothache.
24 Altem. sess. radix (1.) Headache.
25 Ai.tii.ea rose a—— is cultivated both in India and Cashmere.
26 Althaea • Jlorcs. folia , radii «$> seminar (l.)
27 Flores. Thirst*
28 Folia. Syphilitic Gonorrhoea. Anomalous symptoms,
29 after Gonorrhoea, Thirst.
30 .1 Semina- Pain in the knee.
31 Alumkn Ckumj.m, Snpersnlphas Kali et Argilla , Ahminis
32 sulphas— is as extensively used in A in as in Europe. In the
33 bazaar at Lahore there arc two qualities; the Hakims prefer the
34 white for medicines, but T vised the ml (Roche Alum), which is
35 principally employed in dying, r. Tanval. Alum. S- Crocus.
36 A!am. erud. (I.)