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2 delicious fruit of the East, abundant in the Punjab, and also
3 growing on the lower range of the Himalayas. Those we had
4 at Lahore in autumn, were from Mooltan (slid) and from the
5 hills (nord) ; the former are not unfrequently as large as a fist,
6 the latter small, like henVeggs ; both sorts are very sweet. The
7 mango-fruit has its corrective, that is, milk. The natives believe,
8 that on eating half a hundred and drinking a cup of milk
9 afterwards, digestion is rendered easy. In England, Milk is said
10 to dissolve Oysters. In Hindostan a good dish is made from
11 mango and milk. Conserves and pickles are also made of this
12 delicious fruit, the rind of which contains an abundance of
13 fragrant balsam, which ought to be extracted, and experimented
14 upon medicinally. I restricted my experiments to the kernel.
15 Magnif. Ind. nucleus (I.)
16 Manna — in the Lahore bazaar there are only two kinds of
17 manna, both of which are imported from Persia via Cabul.
18 The one is called Shirkesht, the other Tooroonjebiin.
19 Besides these, I used the European Manna, Calabrina , which I
20 procured from Agra. The Hakims use Manna mostly as a
21 purgative in combination with Senna, Cassia, etc. and administer
22 it in pectoral and pulmonary affections, as cough, etc. also in
23 vomiting, colic, uterine diseases, ischury, fevers, etc.
24 Manna Calabr. (I.) Pneumonia. Peripneumonia.
25 Swellings.
26 Manna Hedysari Alhagi — or, Tooroonjebiin. It
27 is a very impure bitter, of a granular appearance and substance,
28 mixed with the leaves and stalks of Hedysarum.
29 Mann. Hed. Alh. (I.) Costiveness.
30 Manna Per sic a Shirkesh t — is not Manna Calabrina,
31 as many erroneously suppose ; the form and taste of the two are
32 quite different. Shirkesht has the appearance of whitish
33 accumulated sugary drops ; some of the pieces are half an inch
34 in length, very clean and pure, of a sweet odor, and agreeable
35 taste; much esteemed by the natives.
36 Manna S hirkesht (I.)
37 Manna T e e g h u l — is what the S a d o os at Lahore