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2 necessity of sending for it to Calcutta. The fruit is about an
3 inch in length, and kidney-shaped, containing a black juice.
4 Anac. occ. (II.) Enlargement of the spleen. Gravel.
5 Anacardium orientale, Semecarpus Anacardium — is
6 now officinal in the East only, though formerly used in Europe
7 also. It is kept in all bazaars. The Hakims administer it for
8 weakness (shortness) of memory, epilepsy, catalepsy, etc. They
9 are of opinion that it is injurious to the liver, inflames the
10 blood, and can produce melancholy, insanity, frenzy, etc. The
11 black corrosive juice of the nut, they apply in ringworm,
12 rheumatic pains, dislocations, etc. It is used for marking woollen
13 cloths ; for this purpose it is mixed with lime-water, partly to
14 heighten the color, and partly to prevent the marks running.
15 For the information of English physicians, it may not be
16 superfluous to notice a trick which the natives sometimes play,
17 by making themselves unfit for labor, through temporary indis-
18 position of body, brought about by the use of this drug: for
19 instance — In the jail, at Lahore, I discovered that some of the
20 prisoners had rubbed the juice of this nut on their eyes; others
21 had rubbed it on their bodies; the former were apparently
22 suffering from incurable ophthalmy, the latter from a kind of
23 ringworm ; by this means they contrived to remain on the sick-
24 list, eating and drinking without being necessitated to work.
25 Anac. or. (no Diarrhoea. Diseases of the mucous
26 membrane. Intoxication. Pain in the head of the
27 thigh, extending to the groin. Pneumonia and
28 Peripneumonia. Soreness of the mouth.
29 Anacyclus Pyrethrum, v. Pyrethrum .
30 * Anagallis phgeniceo flore. A. arvensis, Lin. — is a most
31 common species in Europe. A. ccerulea (blue-flowered) grows
32 in Cashmere as in Europe, during the summer ; during the
33 winter in the Punjab. Anagallis arvensis (das rothe Gauchheil,
34 Germ.) is said to possess noxious (?) properties. At the present
35 time, pimpernel is not in use either in Europe or Asia; yet, it
36 was once in vogue as a remedy against a variety of disorders :
37 for instance — epilepsy, mania, melancholy, hysteria, delirium