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2 Amarantus cruentus — is one of the dozen Amaranths
3 described in the Bengal Dispensatory. Some of them are used
4 for culinary purposes, some for medicines.
5 Amarant. cruent. semina (I.)
6 Amaranths Jountcha seeds — are met with in the
7 bazaar of Lahore, being used by the natives.
8 Amarant. J ount c ha semina (I.) Spinal pain.
9 Amaranths S o l i a r a seeds — are similar to the former,
10 and used by the natives.
11 Amarant. So liar a semina (I.)
12 Ambra grisea — was formerly used in medicine as a stimulant
13 and aphrodisiac, but its use is now restricted in Europe to that
14 of a perfume ; in Asia it still constitutes a principal ingredient in
15 electuaries.
16 Ambra gr is. (II.) Diarrhoea with swellings. Giddiness.
17 Mania. Pains in the calves of the legs.
18 Ammania vesicatoria — an annual plant, growing in India,
19 employed by the natives to raise blisters in rheumatism ; but, as
20 the pain produced is said to be agonizing until the blister rises,
21 this mode of blistering is not recommended. — (v. B. Disp.) The
22 plant which I administered at Lahore, I received from the hills.
23 It is reported to drive ants away.
24 Ammon . vesic. (II.) Boils.
25 Ammoniacum (Dorema) — is a well-known gum, used externally
26 and internally. The Hakims administer it in epilepsy, stoppage
27 of urine and menstruation, as also in hard tumors. It is said to
28 be injurious to the stomach and liver, and provokes abortion.
29 Ammon, gummi (II.) Dyspepsia with acidity of the
30 stomach. Dysury. Inflammation of the ear, with
31 or without discharge from the ears.
32 Ammonle acetatum. Spiritus Minder eri , (I.)
33 Ammonium carbonicum with hot milk is recommended, as an
34 injection in Amenorrhoea. (II.)
35 Ammonium causticum liquidum (in.)
36 These three are not used by the Hakims of Lahore.