Materia medica of Hindoostan, and artisan's and agriculturist's nomenclature / [Sir Whitelaw Ainslie].

  • Whitelaw Ainslie
Date:
1813
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Credit: Materia medica of Hindoostan, and artisan's and agriculturist's nomenclature / [Sir Whitelaw Ainslie]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    se i ee y dee iS HP oa ae ; 10 Be ait en 3 ALARA SIEDICE > ©. © | Pv: oP Pag é en? @- dhs dine cog OP tS Ren) SSNEER CHIN, Lm fod chante ° ( gm (DUK, AND HIND, ) pete OS] Ad \. Lix, « sidérable virtue in old venereal cases; particularly in What the Tamools call ‘* May- - gham Vaivoo;” a complaint in which the limbs are stif®and contracted, What is found in the bazars of the Peninsula, is brought from Ching, where it grows, in the province cof Onansi, in great abundance ; the plant, however, is, I believe, common in Bengal, The Abbé Rochon, in his ** Voyage to Madagascar and the East Indies, tells us that the Chinese often eat this substance instead of Rice ; and that it contributes to make them lusty. ‘ ne 3 CINNAMON, Karuwa puttay gygqIt_j~t_ coi. (TA™-) —— ae Khulmie Durchinie Korat ld 013 (Dux.) — Darchinie (Pers. an& Hinp.) Kurundu (CynG.) . —— Darasita (Saxs.)-~ — Sanalawinga putta (Ter.)—————- Caymanis LAURUS CINNAMOMUM. Livy, rea (Mavay.) The greater part of the Cinnamon which is brought to the Indian Peninsula is the pros duce of Ceylon; (1) it is also an article of commerce from fad hee Islands, and bas latcly been found to arrive at tolerable perfection in the Tinnevelly district. . © Khurree (Sy Q S$ ( DUK.) CLAY, PIPE, Namum om eto(Tam.) Cc ANGILLA FIGULI, Var. This is foundin abundance in several parts of lower India, and is used for nearly the same purposes that itis in Europe. Phe different casts of Hindoos, too, employ it for making the distinguishing marks on their foreheads; a nd (moistened with water) it is often applied round the eye, in certain cases of Ophthal mia, as well as to parts of the body that are bruised, { CLOVE. Craumboo EP WLOLY (Tam, )———mem Laong | Ki4S (Dux. ane Chankee (Mas EUGENIA Winn ) ——_— Kerunful (Anras.) —~ —— Meyhuc (Pers.)— Lay.)— ———— Lavanga (SaNs.)————La wang aloo (Tax.) CARYOPHYLLATA., Lin, Cloves are brought to India from the islands of Amboyna, Honimea, and Noussalaut, and are used by the Native Doctors in such cases as require hot stimulating aromatics. COCHINEAL. Cochineel poochie? arr Fe Pn peee(Tau.) seo cee DUE. COCCUS CACTI. G he ee) ( ) Csr) | ii The TA PRM Ra TaN SE SPOR S50 LS Bd ER creme SP DEPT A 1.) The Schjalias on Ceylon reckon ten different kinds of Cinnamon ; but the fol ¢ (T.) ek <hiat ‘arieties of the Laurus Cinna dowing four enly are barked, and are obtained frcm ta : 1 Seabeetaeur unites momum, Resse Curundu— Nai Curundu— Capurs Curnniue—ang Gave ® .€) M Kermizi Faringie € ¥