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2 * Apium graveolens — is cultivated in India. The Hakims
3 use tlie seeds of this plant for the removal of fetid breath, flatu-
4 lency, stoppage of urine or of the menstrual discharge. They
5 think it injurious in cases of epilepsy.
6 Apii grav. semina (I.)
7 Aqua fortis, v Nitricum , acidum.
8 Aqua phaged.enica — is a combination of corrosive sublimate
9 and lime-water; known as yellow-wash.
10 Aquilaria Agallocha, v. Aloeocylon.
11 Aquilegia Moorensteniana — grows in the Cashmerean
12 mountains, but is not officinal, nor have I experimented with
13 this plant.
14 Arabicum, gummi — as found in the trade at Lahore, is a
15 mixed gum of Acacia Arabica, Feronia, Mango, Melia, etc.
16 Arabic, gummi (I.)
17 Aranea Diadema — I have never seen at Lahore ; and as I
18 had only a preparation from Europe, which was not fresh, I
19 relied not on its efficacy, and, therefore, discontinued using this
20 valuable medicine.
21 Aran. diad. (in.)
22 Araneum — I tried in place of the preceding, and disco-
23 vered its great virtues. It is prepared by cutting, with the
24 scissors, a clean spider’s-web, which is then triturated with
25 sugar, moistened with spirit, etc.
26 Aran. (I.) Diarrhoea. Giddiness, with obscuration of
27 vision.
28 * Arbutus (Arctostaphylos) uva ursi, v. Uva ursi.
29 Archtopodis echinati L. Radix — newly introduced from
30 the Cape, is recommended as a substitute for Sarsaparilla, and
31 used in venereal, leprous, and other cutaneous diseases.
32 Areca Catechu — is cultivated in Bengal. The nuts of this
33 tree are somewhat like the nutmeg ; they have not any odor,
34 are very hard, and possess an astringent flavor, containing a
35 great deal of tannin and gallic acids. It is an article of import-
36 ance in India. There are two kinds, one of a light, the other of
37 a dark color ; the former is in its natural state, and is used by