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2 drug is not extensively used in England ? Its very name is not
3 even mentioned, among the vast collection of medicines in the
4 new Pharmacopoeia Londinensis of 1851. The plant grows
5 profusely in the British territory, and is sold very cheap in the
6 bazaar of Calcutta — from five to ten pounds for a shilling ?
7 Hemidesm. Ind. radix (I.) Gaseous eructation. Infla-
8 tion. Syphilitic cutaneous diseases, as itching erup-
9 tions, etc.
10 Hepar sulphuris, v. Kali sulphuricum.
11 Heptaphyllum, v. Tormentilla.
12 Heracleum diversifolium — is officinal in Cashmere, where
13 it grows in the mountains.
14 Her acl. die. radix (I.) Syphilis.
15 *Herba Salsola Kali, v. Kali Salsola , herha.
16 Hermodactylus amarus vel spurius. Colchicum Illi-
17 ricum , Royle — vegetates in Cashmere, and flowers in spring,
18 unlike the European Colchicum autumnale , for which it was once
19 mistaken. The Bulb, or cormus , of the plant is officinal with
20 the Hakims, who use it only externally (chiefly in arthritic
21 pain), and administer the following Hermodactylus dulcis (the
22 sweet one) internally —
23 Hermod. amar. (I.) Acute rheumatism. Colic. Diarr-
24 hoea. Vomiting.
25 Hermodactylus dulcis — is, I believe, mistaken for the root
26 of Iris tuberosa. It was reported at Lahore, that this species
27 is imported from Arabia. Both the bitter and the sweet Bulbs
28 are extensively used by the natives, and by them only.
29 Hermod. dulc. (I.) Cardialgia. Giddiness with fever.
30 Herniaria Dealsinghi i — I received from the lower
31 range of mountains, where the root is probably used officinally ;
32 I could not ascertain if it was Herniaria. glabra Linn., or
33 another species.
34 Herniarice radix (I.)
35 Hibiscus Abelmosciius, v. Abelmoschus moschatus.
36 Hibiscus Trionum — vegetates in Cashmere, is well known,
37 but not administered medicinally.