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2 plant are officinal, and combined with roasted pepper are recom-
3 mended in cholera.
4 Euphorb. hel. semina (II.)
5 Euphorbia loxgifolia ( Eup/i . lucid, off.) — its yellow root
6 is long and smooth, from about half an inch to an inch in diameter,
7 and is called the yellow Hirbee (Euphorbia). This species
8 is used at Lahore, as well as in Cashmere. The Cashmerean
9 Jerahs apply it in fistulous sores, etc.
10 Euphorb. longif. radix (II.) Contortion of the facial
11 muscles. Oppression. Pains in the feet. Soreness
12 of the mouth.
13 Euphorbia Neriifolia, Euphorbia Tor — grows in the
14 Punjab and in the lower range of mountains. Its milky juice is
15 employed internally and externally by the natives.
16 Euphorb. neriifol. succus (II.)
17 Euphorbia tenuis— grows at Lahore, but is not officinal.
18 Euphorb. ten. herba (I.) Spinal pains. Thirst.
19 Euphorbia thymifolia — vegetates at Lahore, but, is seldom
20 used. The natives call this plant the greater milky one> on
21 account of its erect stalks and milky juice. The former creep
22 along the ground. The juice of the stalks and flowers is said to
23 possess violent purgative qualities. The leaves I used, both
24 of this and of the above-mentioned, were not very acrid.
25 Euphorb. thymifol. herba (I.)
26 Euphorbia T o r, v. Euphorbia neriifolia.
27 Euphorbia verrucosa ? or, epithymoides ? — is known, yet
28 little used in Cashmere, where this plant grows on the moun-
29 tains. As its roots are white, they are called the white
30 Hirbee by the Cashmereans, who distinguish each species
31 of Euphorbia by the color of the roots, (u. Euph. Agrar. &
32 longifol.)
33 Euphorb. radix alba (II.) Expectoration of mucus.
34 Herpes. (Edematous swellings.
35 Euphoubjum (gummi) — is officinal at Lahore, used exter-
36 nally only.
37 Euphorb. gummi (II.)