Materia medica of Hindoostan, and artisan's and agriculturalist's nomenclature / by Whitelaw Ainslie.

  • Whitelaw Ainslie
Date:
1813
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Credit: Materia medica of Hindoostan, and artisan's and agriculturalist's nomenclature / by Whitelaw Ainslie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    COHAE, Puvdfum I 1 yN M r\! ^ IT am .) ■ Busud (Arab.)'— Mirjan (Pers.) (Malay.) Pa^hadum (Tel.) LIUM. —^Covllie UK ) ———— -Uloonga (Hind.)—'——Ponhim Bubal (Sans.) CORAL- Red Cora], the only kind tliat is employed in meilicinc in Europe, it has been said was no where to ]>e found hut in the Mediterranean sea j it would appear, however, by Ibunherg’s account, that it is common in Jajian, and there called Sangodin, As an ornament the black is the most esteemed. What of this article is met with in tke Eas- tern seas is cotmnoiily of a yellow colour, and grows with great rapidity on the west coast of the island of Sumatra. 'I'he Tamool Practitioners prescribe Cdral, when cal- cined, in cases of ^leer•Alivoo (Diabetes) and Moola cranie (bleeding piles .) CORIANDER. CottamUtle Q^rr3Sl£)0'\lG>S (Duk.) Khhneez ((Fkrs.) — X>'b(inya (Hind.) D'hanyaca (Sans.) Lin. (Tam ) — —— JD'hunnia — Mety (Malay), — CORIANDRUM SATIVUM. This grows in great abundance all over India ; it is used by the Natives as a grateful Stomachic and gentle stimulant. COWITCH. FaonaykBlie ^2/tnJT07^ rrCisS (Tam.) Kanchkiorifr/ Xj J (Duk.)- Pceliadvgnokdi/oa (Tsl.) K'mdch (Hind ) . - »■ Capik'uhu (Sans.) —-DOLICHOS PRURIENS. Lin; This plant is indigenous to India. A strong infusion of the root of it, sweetened with honey, is given, by the Tamool Practitioners, in cases of Chohra Morbus : but ( cannot find that the small hairs on fbe outside of the pod are ever employed as a inediciue. CRAB, SEA. Kedclil Nundoo gTyt FHdnnrfB^ (Tam.) iiryuk^ra (Hind.) ; Dv yakakekra Khhehung (AkaE.) Punj pmiyeh (Pef.s.) — Cafan (Malay.)———Sarnooirapoo Tiandrakaia (Tel.) CANCER PAGURUS CRESSES, GARDEN. Pdnlhn JI ^ (Duk. and Hind.) /Pej/la.-/(Arab.) 7ure/i (eyzuc (Feks.) SISY.MI3RIUM NASTURTIUM. Lin. These are sometimes, though rarelv, cultivated by the European Inhabitants, and occasionally by the Mahometans. IVaUr ertsses are called in Dukhanie, Loot putiaS CREYAT. (Dus.) — Kiriat rf* JL»ITCamarese.) — « Cr/at t^(.j CairaUi (Sans.) JUSTICIA FANICULATA. Vahl. Thi#