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2 the pepper which is usually added to the hemp-plant. See Vol. I.
3 pi. 10, Bhangee. The natives recommend this wood in catarrhal
4 diseases of the mucous membrane. The capsules and seeds are
5 employed for intoxicating fish, and are chewed as a remedy in
6 toothache (Royle). Besides the seeds, I used the bark, together
7 with the sharp prickles which are attached to it by large bases.
8 Xanthoxyl. cortex ligni (I.) Coryza.
9 Xanthoxyl. semina (I.) General pains with fever.
10 Hasmaturia.
11 Xylobalsamum — is officinal with the Hakims at Lahore.
12 Zedoaria Curcuma, v. Curcuma Zedoaria.
13 Zejdoaria longa, v. Curcuma tonga.
14 Zedoaria Z e r u m b e t — is officinal at Lahore.
15 Zedoar. Zerumb. (I.)
16 Zelemic^e bacoe — Hub-ool-Z ulm ; probably a species
17 of Gundelia ; the seeds are officinal with the Hakims; they
18 use them as aphrodisiac, to stimulate the secretion of semen.
19 Zelem. baccce (I.)
20 Zincum — is sold at the Lahore bazaar ; the Hakims use zinc
21 chiefly externally, and then in composition, as dry collyrium
22 in ophthalmia. I rubbed a piece of zinc on a hard stone, under
23 water, and dried the powder between bibulous paper : this I
24 used internally. Acetate of Zinc has been recommended in
25 Angina tonsillaris , Chloride of Zinc in blenorrhagia , Valeri-
26 anate of Zinc in catalepsy , and Tannate of Zinc (injections)
27 in gonorrhea.
28 Zinc. (I.) Deafness. Epilepsy. Fever. Pain in the
29 ear.
30 Zinci ioduretum. Zincum iodatum — is unknown to the
31 native doctors at Lahore. European practitioners know iodide
32 of zinc to be a corrosive poison quite unmanageable ; therefore
33 they have reason to abstain from its use, when they know not
34 how to administer it advantageously. I am of opinion that a
35 small quantity of almond oil, one drop to one grain of the salt,
36 mitigates its corrosive property ; where this is required, there-
37 fore, I always employed the two together, as —