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2 Amaranths CKUENTU3 — is one of tlie dq/en Amaranths
3 described in the Bengal Dispensatory. Some of them are used
4 for culinary purposes, some for medicines.
5 Amarant. crunnt. semina (I.)
6 AmaBastob Jountch a seeds —are met with in the
7 bazaar of Lahore, being used by the natives.
8 Amarant. Jountch a semina (I.) Spinal pain.
9 Amabantus So tiara seeds —are similar to the former,
10 and used by the natives.
11 Amarant. So liar a semina (I.)
12 A unit a GiusKA—was formerly used in medicine as a stimulant
13 and aphrodisiac, hut its use is now restricted in Europe to that
14 of q perfume; in Asia it still constitutes a principal ingredient in
15 elect uaries.
16 Jvibra grin. (II ) Diarihoea with swellings. Giddiness.
17 Mania. Pains in the calves of the legs.
18 Ammanta vAslCATOEiA—an annual plant, growing in India,
19 employed by the natives to raise blisters in rheumatism ; but, us
20 the pain produced is said to be agonizing until the bib ter rises,
21 this mode of blistering is not rec< anmended.—(». 13. Disp.) 1 he
22 plant which T administered at Lahore, I received from the hills.
23 It is reported to drive ants away.
24 Ammon, vesic. (IT.) Boils. <
25 Ammoniacum (Dorema) —is a well-known gum,used externally
26 and internally. The Hakims administer it in epilepsy, stoppage
27 of mine and menstruation, as also in hard tumors. It is said to
28 be injurious to the stomach and liver, and provokes abortion.
29 Ammon, gunnii (II.) Dyspepsia with acidity of the
30 stomach. Dysury. Inflammation of tire ear, with
31 or without discharge from the ear's.
32 Ammonia- acetatum. SpirlIns Mindereri, (I.)
33 Ammonium caubonicum with hot milk is recommended, as an
34 injection in Amenorrhoea. (II.)
35 Ammonium causticum jliquidum (III.)
36 These three are not used by the Hal.ims of Lahore.