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2 on the lower organs (namely, on the intestines, bladder, and penis)
3 producing urinal discharges, intestinal evacuations, and aphro-
4 disiasm. It may be, that owing to this peculiarity, the root
5 which I had from Europe, produced effects differing from those
6 purchased at Lahore; the 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 snuff, to
9 excite sneezing ; the root, however, they do not administer
10 as an emetic, but to strengthen the brain and remove obstruc-
11 tions; they pretend it is injurious to the bladder.
12 Asari Cashm. radioc (I.) Diarrhoea. Nasal obstruction.
13 *Asari Europ. radix (I.) Impotency with or without
14 spermatorrhoea.
15 Asclepias gigantea, v. Calotropis gigantea.
16 Asclepias Vincetoxicum, v. Vincetoxicum Cynanchum.
17 Asclepias volubilis, Hoya viridiflora.
18 Aselli jecinoris (jecoris) oleum, Morrhuce oleum — what
19 I used, I had from Bombay. Cod-liver oil has been lately recom-
20 mended in pectoral diseases, catarrh, scrofula, nursing sore-mouth,
21 as also in Ichthyosis and Phthisis.
22 Aselli jecin. ol. (I.)
23 Asparagus ascendens — is a product of Hindostan, used
24 only by the natives, who, call it Setaver , or, Sittavair ? The
25 stalks I procured at the bazaar at Lahore, were as long as
26 a finger, 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. It is worthy of remark,
29 that the Tamool name of the Pavonia Zeylandica , Sittamootie
30 or Sittavayr , borders very closely on Sittavair or Setaver.
31 Asparag. asc. (I.) Cough. Epistaxis. Fever. Pains
32 (wandering) of the chest, sides, joints, and knees.
33 Soreness of the mouth.
34 Asparagus H a l i oon — it is said, that the seeds so called, are
35 from the common Asparagus which is cultivated in the North West
36 of Ilindostan. The Hakims use them in debility of the stomach,
37 in liver, spleen, and renal disorders; they also attribute to them