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2 Bitumen Judaicum, v. Asphaltum.
3 Bitumen liquidum, v. Petroleum.
4 Bixa orellana, v. Ruku tinctoria.
5 Blumea auRiculata — grows at Lahore, but is seldom used.
6 Blum. aur. herba (I.)
7 Blum . aur . semina (I.) Syphilitic pains.
8 Boletus igniarius, v. Fungus igniarius.
9 Bolus Armenius. Bolus Armeniacus. Lapis Armenius —
10 The Hakims prescribe it in cases of melancholy and falling off of
11 the hair consequent on morbid affection.
12 Bolus Arm. (I.) Gonorrhoea. Inflation. Soreness of
13 the mouth.
14 Bombacis Malabaricum ( heptaphylli ) gummi <$• radices —
15 are officinal in India and used only by the natives.
16 Bombac. heptaphylli gummi fy radix (I.)
17 Bombax Gossypium, v. Gossypium.
18 *Borago officinalis, v. Rob antisyphiliticum.
19 Borax. Sub-boras sodce. Sodce biboras — is much in vogue in
20 the East by both doctors and artists. In diarrhoea after measles
21 recommended.
22 Borax (I.) Soreness of the mouth.
23 Borrera ashneh, v. Lichen odoriferum.
24 Borussicum acidum, v. Hydrocyanicum acidum.
25 Boswellia, v. Olibanum.
26 Bovis, sanguis — has been lately recommended, dried and pul-
27 verized, in ancemia infantilis.
28 Bovista ( Lycoperdon ) Crepitus lupi — grows in the Punjab
29 during the rainy season, but is not used by the Hakims.
30 Bovist. (II.) Consumption with diarrhoea in children.
31 Humid psorophthalmia. Thoracic pain.
32 ♦Brassica Oleracea — is cultivated in the Punjab. The
33 Hakims use cabbage-seeds to expel intestinal worms. Cabbage
34 poultices, as also fresh cabbage-leaves, are well-known appli-
35 cations in Gout and Rheumatism.
36 *Brassica Rapa, v. Rapa.
37 Bromf.lia Ananas (Lin.) — ananas, is said not to agree with