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2 on the lower organs (u'amely, on the intestines, bladder, avid penis)
3 producing urinal discharges, intestinal evacuations, and ophro
4 disiasm. It may be, that owing to this peculiarity, tlie toot
5 which T had from Europe, produced effects differing from those
6 purchased at Lahore; tlie former being old, the latter fresh.
7 The Hakims, as did European physicians formerly, employ
8 the leaves as well as the root; the leaves are used for sun lb to
9 excite sneezing; the root, however, they do not administer
10 as an emetic, but to strengthen the bruin and remove obstruc¬
11 tions; they pretend it is injurious to the bladder,
12 Asari Cashm. radir (I.) Diarrhoea. Nasal obstruction.
13 * Asari. Europ. radiy (I.) Irnpotency with or without
14 spermatorrhoea.
15 Ascii Km as croANXKA, v. C'alvtropis gkj/mtea.
16 VscurvtAs Vt k o rtoxicuM, v. Yinoetoricum <$• Cynimvhvm.
17 Asci.epias voi.vbius, Hoy a mridlflora.
18 Ask i,Li jKciKOius (.vEcoata) oleum, Marrhuce oleum —what
19 I used, I hod from Bombay. Cod-liver oil has been lately recom ¬
20 mended in jiectoral diseases, catarrh, scrofula, nursing sore-mouth,
21 as also in Ichthyosis and Phthisis.
22 AseUi jecin. ol. (I.)
23 As twit agu s- ■ as c KNi) kns— is a product of Hindustan, used
24 only by the natives, who, call it S'elate?, or, Sittamir ? The
25 stalks I procured at the bazaar at Lahore, were as long as
26 a linger, and as thick as a quill, rather spiral and longitudinally
27 indented, of a horny yellow semi-transparent appearance, of a
28 mucilaginous, sweet, and astringent taste. I t is worthy of remark,
29 that the Tamool name of the Pa non >. a Zey/undicn, SMumootie
30 or Sitlavayr, borders very closely on Sittavair or Setaver.
31 Aisptirag. use . (T.) Cough. Epistaxis. Fever. Pains
32 (wandering) of the chest, sides, joints, and knees.
33 Soreness of the mou th.
34 Aspak a'gus H a l i oo n— it is said, that the seals so called,; re
35 from the common Asparagus which is cultivated in the North West
36 of Hindostliu. The Hakims use them in debility of the stomach,
37 in liver, spleen, and mini disorders"; they also, at tribute to them