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2 *Chenopodium album — grows at Lahore as also in Bengal.
3 Chenop. alb. semina (1.) Expectoration of mucus with
4 rhonchus. Inflation. Pain in the forehead.
5 Cherayta ( Agathotes ). Gentiana Cherayta. Swertia
6 Chiretta Royle , — this plant is much in use in India, both
7 among the English and the natives. It is imported into Lahore
8 from the Hills. Some are of opinion that the root of this
9 plant constitutes the H aroontooti a of the Eastern bazaars.
10 Cherayta (I.) Urinary disorders.
11 C h i d r a semina, v. Terebinthus.
12 China nodosa, v. Smilaoo China.
13 Chinee cortex, v. Cinchona.
14 Chininum sulphuric um, v. Cinchoninum.
15 Chitraca, v. Plumbago rosea.
16 Chloras kalicus, v. Kali oocymuriaticum.
17 Chloroform — is a well-known heroic remedy, which, when
18 skilfully administered (externally or internally) can be of great
19 utility. It has been recommended externally in neuralgia, teta-
20 nus traumaticus, and chronic ulcers ; with turpentine-oil in rheu-
21 matism ; with gum traganth and yolk of an egg as a clyster in
22 lead-colic. Inhalations in Pneumonia. Internally with ether
23 for gouty affections of the stomach.
24 Churrus — churs is the resin of the Hemp-plant. See
25 Vol. I. page 15.
26 Churrus (ii.) Affections of throat and chest. Ex-
27 pectoration of mucus. Fever. Scalding urine and
28 Dysury.
29 Cicer arietinum — the chick-peas are much used in the
30 Punjab and throughout Hindostan, as food for man and beast.
31 The Hakims make use of them medicinally, in cases of flatulency,
32 retention both of urine and of the catamenia. They conceive
33 that chick-peas increase the seminal secretion, and, consequently,
34 excite the genital organs, acting aphrodisiacally. They serve as
35 a substitute for Coffee.
36 *Cichoreum (Intybus)— and Indian species. WildChichory
37 vegetates luxuriantly, during the summer, in Cashmere ; and in