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2 Silicea (I.) Abscesses. Incipient nasal polype, with
3 nasal obstruction. Lachrymal and nasal fistula.
4 Patches with burning and lancinating pain. Saliva-
5 tion with epiphora, burning heat, pricking, etc.
6 Suppuration of every kind. Spitting or expectora-
7 tion of blood. Swellings of the lips. Syphilis.
8 Siliqua hirsuta, v. Dolichos pruriens.
9 Siliqua radish, v. Prosopis spicigera.
10 Sim aruba amara — is unknown to the native doctors.
11 * Sinapis alba — is not cultivated at Lahore; probably in
12 Affghanistan, as the Affghans recommend a compound made of
13 white mustard and barley-meal, of each two ounces, and black
14 pepper half an ounce, powdered together and mixed with water,
15 to form a bolus. Such a ball should be given every morning
16 and evening to horses, which suffer from cutaneous affections,
17 as itch, etc. This remedy, it is stated, strengthens horses, makes
18 them fat, and produces a smooth coat.
19 * Sinapis nigra. Sinapis ramosa — is cultivated in Lahore ;
20 the oil from its seeds is burned in lamps, and as it is acrid, it
21 is used in medicine externally. Volatile oil of mustard, alone
22 or with an equal portion of alcohol, when applied to the skin,
23 acts as a powerful vesicatory, useful in cholera, etc. I used in-
24 ternally an Essence from the cake left after the oil is expressed.
25 Black mustard is said to cure oedema, following ague.
26 Sinap. n. placent. tinctura (I.)
27 Sirium myrti folium, v. Santalum album.
28 Si son Am mi, v. Ajouain.
29 * Sisymbrium Irio. Smapis pusilla? — is cultivated in
30 Lahore for its seeds, which are used medicinally.
31 Sisymbr. Irionis semina (I.) Expectoration or spitting
32 of blood with fever. Gastralgia. Pain with fever.
33 * Sisymbrium Nasturtium. Nasturtium aquaticum — its
34 seeds are officinal. The Hakims administer them in affections
35 of the mucous membrane, flatulency and enlargement of spleen
36 and liver.
37 Sisymbr. Nasturt. semina (I.)
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