OXALIS' CORNICULATA. 125 



NAT. ORDER, GERANIACE/E. 



OXALIS CORNICULATA. 



Sans. *[^^ftftniT, Amlalonikd. ^vwtt, Chdngeri. 



Vern. Amrttlsdk, Beng. 



The leaves of Oxalis corniculata are used as a pot-herb. They 

 are considered cooling, refrigerant, appetizing and stomachic. 

 The fresh juice of the leaves is given to relieve intoxication from 

 datura, and is said to be useful in dysentery and prolapsus of the 

 rectum, for which it is recommended by most writers. Chakra- 

 datta gives the following formula for preparing a ghrita with this 



medicine. 



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Chdngeri ghrita. 1 Take of clarified butter, four seers, the 

 fresh juice of Oxalis corniculata, four seers, curdled milk called 

 dadfu, sixteen seers and the leaves of Oxalis corniculata reduced 

 to a paste, one seer. Boil them together in the usual way and 

 prepare a ghrita. This preparation is said to be useful in diarrhoea, 

 dysentery, prolapsus of the rectum, tympanites, piles and difficult 

 micturition. The Bhiivaprakatsa gives the following process for 

 preparing a compound ghrita? Take of the fresh juice of Oxalis 

 corniculata, decoction of jujube fruits and ginger, alkaline water 

 (see Alkalies), and curdled milk, each four seers, clarified butter 

 four seers, and prepare a ghrita in the usual way. It is recom- 

 mended for use in prolapse of the rectum. 



AVERRHOA CARAMBOLA. Sans. 3PJTCT, Karmaranga. 

 Vern. Kdmrdngd, Beng. and Hind. The five-angled fruits of 

 this plant contain an acid watery pulp, and are eaten raw as well 

 as in curries. They enter into the composition of some cooling 

 medicines for fever and other diseases. 



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