1 *Alisma Plantago, v. Plantago.
2 Alkekengi, v. Physalis Alkekengi.
3 * Allium Cepa, v. Cepa.
4 * Allium sativum — is cultivated everywhere, and is more used
5 in the kitchen than in the apothecary’s shop ; 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 (id 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 majoons (elec-
17 tuaries) in combination with spices, ambergris, pearls, and
18 precious stones.
19 Aloexylon (I.)
20 Alpinia Galanga, v. Galanga.
21 Alsime Media — the root js recommended as a Hydragogum.
22 Alternantera sessilis — is a plant of the Punjab.
23 Altern. sess. herba (I.) Carious toothache.
24 Altern. sess. radix (I.) Headache.
25 Alth/Ea rosea— is cultivated both in India and Cashmere.
26 Althcece /lores, folia , radix semina (I.)
27 Flores. Thirst.
28 Folia. Syphilitic Gonorrhoea. Anomalous symptoms,
29 after Gonorrhoea. Thirst.
30 Semina. Pain in the knee.
31 A lumen Crudum, Supersulphas Kali et Argillce , Aluminis
32 sulphas — is as extensively used in Asia as in Europe. In the
33 bazaar at Lahore there are two qualities; the Hakims prefer the
34 white for medicines, but I used the red (Roche Alum), which is
35 principally employed in dying, v. Tannat. Alum, Crocus.
36 Alum. crud. (I.)