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2 unhappily, it has long been banished from European practice : I
3 trust, however, that the time is not far distant when it may again
4 be used by European practitioners.
5 Myrob. Embl. fructus (I.) Diarrhoea. Distension.
6 Fistula. Gastralgia. Prolapsus ani. Troubled
7 vision, etc.
8 Myrobalanus nigra — is much used in Eastern pharmacy as
9 a lenitive and cathartic. An excellent medicine, which, alas,
10 has shared the like fate with the former !
11 Myrob. nigr. (I.) Diarrhoea. Giddiness. Headache.
12 Piles with Gonorrhoea or Syphilis. Spinal pain.
13 (Alternately lod.) Enlargement of the spleen.
14 Myrrha — is a well known gum-resin, officinal in the East, as
15 well as in Europe The Hakims use myrrh in mucous accumu-
16 lations, pulmonary ulcers, chronic cough, induration of the
17 liver, intestinal worms, and amenorrhoea; they maintain that it
18 can cause abortion,
19 Myrrha (II.)
20 *Myrtus communis. Myrtus Pimenta vel Eugenia Pimenta
21 — its leaves and fruit are officinal at Lahore ; and are, probably,
22 imported from Persia. The leaves are used, in cerebral affec-
23 tions, as epilepsy, etc. ; also in flatulency, diseases of the stomach
24 and liver. The fruit is administered in diarrhoea, haemorrhages
25 with burning heat, and in ulcerations which principally affect
26 the lower parts, as the urethra, or womb. The reverse is —
27 Myrt . baccce (I.) Acute thoracic pain. Asthma and
28 Cough. Inflammation of the throat. Running
29 from the eyes.
30 Naja tripudians vel Aspis Naja , v. Vol. I. p. 138.
31 Narcissus Tazetta — its bulbous roots are officinal at
32 Lahore, whither they are brought from Cashmere. Pseudo-
33 narcissus (daffodil) has been recommended in Epilepsy.
34 Narciss. radix (I.) Pain in the joints.
35 Nardostachys Jatamansi. Valeriana Jatamansi — is an
36 officinal root at Lahore, imported from the higher regions of the
37 Himalayas. Its odor is pungent, not disagreeable, somewhat