1 Rhus which is found in abundance in the north-west of
2 Hindostan.
3 Rhus Kakrasinghea (I.) Fever.
4 Rhus Toxicodendron. Rhus radicans , Linn. — is a well-
5 known acrid narcotic, not approached by any insect. It has
6 been used, with benefit, in several obstinate diseases; as gout,
7 paralysis, etc. Eastern doctors have not any knowledge of it.
8 I administered the tincture prepared in Europe.
9 Rhois toxicod. tinctura (II.) Diarrhoea. Expectoration
10 or spitting of blood Rheumatism. Scalding, red
11 urine.
12 Ricinus communis — vegetates at Lahore; its leaves, have
13 been recommended as emmenagogue and galactagogue. Castor-oil
14 is not so much employed by the natives as by the English ; it is
15 recommended as the best purgative in tender infancy ; boiled in
16 nitric acid, it is converted into a sort of wax, which, however, is
17 said to be too easily melted to be used in making candles.
18 Ricini comm, folia (I.) Soreness of mouth and throat.
19 Ricini comm, radicis cortex (I.) Colic.
20 Rob antisyphiliticum (de Laffecteur) — has lately been
21 asserted to be a prophylactic in Cholera-morbus. Its constituent
22 parts are : Sarsaparilla, Lignum Guajaci, Flores Boraginis,
23 Flores Rosarum, Folia Sennae, Mel purum & Saccharum cum
24 Aqua. The first three species I have not tried in cholera ( see
25 Vol. II. p. 45), but they deserve a trial.
26 Rosa centifolia. Rosa rubra — is cultivated at Lahore.
27 Rose-water, rose-leaves, and the seeds are officinal. A great deal
28 of distilled rose-water is yearly produced at Lahore.
29 *Rosa canina. Rosa sylvestris inodorata — vegetates abun-
30 dantly on the summits of the Himalayas on the Punjab-road to
31 Cashmere ; but no part is used. Its roots were formerly used in
32 Europe against hydrophobia ; the flowers against ophthalmia ;
33 the seeds and pulp of its fruit in diarrhoea, dysentery, and
34 different discharges — also in dropsy, calculi, etc.
35 Rosmarinus officinalis — is unknown to the Lahore doctors.
36 I had an essence of rosemary from Paris.