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2 Sago (I.) Facial patches.
3 Sahansebe d — is an officinal stone, or rather argillaceous
4 earth, with oxyde of iron, to be met with in pieces at the drug-
5 gists of Lahore.
6 Sahansebed (I.) Catarrhal sneezing. Dysentery. Pain
7 in the joints. Troubled sight.
8 Sal alcali (minerale # vegetabile), v. Kali.
9 Sal ammoniacum, v. Ammonium muriaticum.
10 Sal culinare, v. Natrum muriaticum.
11 Sal volatile, v. Ammonium carbonicum.
12 Salep — these tubers, which are produced by different species
13 of Orchids, are met with at Lahore of various forms ; one
14 variety of them resembles a dried fig; they are esteemed for
15 their nutritious and demulcent qualities, and are brought to
16 Lahore from Cabul, Cashmere, and Hindostan. Each variety
17 lias its special properties.
18 Salep (I.) Chronic fever.
19 Salix JEgyptiaca — -Bed e musk is cultivated at Lahore
20 for the distillation of an aromatic water, prepared from the
21 palms of this kind of willow, which is much used in the hot
22 season. See Vol. I. p. 165.
23 Salic. AEgypt. folia (I.)
24 Salsola kali herba, v. Kali Salsola herba.
25 Salvadori Indica — the tooth-brush tree grows in the
26 Punjab, as well as in Hindostan. The leaves Rasuna resemble
27 the lanceolate senna, and are purgative; the fruit is called Peel
28 and Pinjood. The bark of the root of Salvadora Persica , if
29 applied to the skin, soon raises blisters; it is not known whether
30 the bark of the root of the former possesses the same acrid
31 properties. (Beng. Disp.) On the use of the twigs of this tree
32 as tooth-brushes, see Vol. I. p. 167.
33 Salvia glutinosa — vegetates on the mountains of Cashmere,
34 but is not used.
35 Salvia Moorcroftiana — is also plentiful, growing in the
36 valley of Cashmere; its seeds are officinal, both at Cashmere and
37 Lahore.