1 (spawn of frogs) was- once used as purifying and cooling. The
2 effects of their essence ought to be tried medicinally.
3 Randia, v. Gardenia dumetorum.
4 ^Ranunculus bulbosus & sceleratus — I had the tinctures
5 of both these, made at Vienna. The latter, is said to produce
6 risus sardonicus (spasmodic laughing).
7 llanunc . bulb, tinctura (II.) Hemicrania.
8 Ranunc. seel, tinctura (II.)
9 Ranunculus lanuginosus — vegetates in Europe, in the
10 valley of Cashmere, and on the mountains of Hindostan. The
11 flowers, leaves, and roots, I always used fresh. See Vol. I. p. xiv.
12 Ranunc. Ian. jlores Sf folia (II.) Mercurial-syphilitic
13 swellings. Ophthalmia.
14 Ranunc . Ian. radix (II.) rheumatic or gouty pains, with
15 swellings and contraction.
16 *Rapa Brassica — is cultivated in the Punjab, as food for
17 man and beast. I used the seeds and rhizoma of turnips.
18 Rapae rhizoma semina (I.)
19 *Raphanus {Rhaphanus) sativus — is cultivated at Lahore.
20 The seeds of radishes are officinal with the native doctors.
21 Raphani sat. semina (I.) Crawling in the rectum, from
22 worms. Prurigo, squamae and pustules. Salivation.
23 Ratanhja. Ratanha or Rhatany — the root of Krameria
24 triandria , is unknown to Eastern doctors, though much used
25 by European physicians. What I administered was from Agra.
26 Decoctions of Ratany and red Peruvian-bark have been recom-
27 mended, topically, in affections after surgical operations.
28 Ratanh. radix (I.)
29 Resina alba — is officinal at Lahore, whither it is brought
30 from the hills ; and, as I believe, is the resin from Shorea robusta ,
31 and other species, employed as a substitute for the European
32 Resina pini.
33 Resina alba (ii.)
34 Rhamnus frangula — a decoction of its bark has been
35 recommended as a purgative, useful in habitual costiveness,
36 mucous piles and gastric fever.