142 SANSfcfcH MATEiUA MEl>lCA. 



of constipated habits. The bark and kernel are regarded aa 

 astringent and useful in hemorrhages, diarrhoea and other dis- 

 charges. 



In diarrhcea, a decoction of the kernel is given alone or 

 in combination with bela. 1 In bleeding from the noBe the 

 juice of the kernel is recommended to be snuffed. In bleed- 

 ing from internal organs, a cold infusion of the barks of Mangifera 

 Indica, Eugenia Jambolana, and Terminalia Arjuna is prescribed. 2 

 This infusion is also used in diarrhcea. The Bhavaprakasa 

 recommends a confection made of the juice of the ripe mango, 

 sugar and aromatios, for use as a restorative tonic. 



SEMECARPUS ANACARDIUM, Linn. 



Sans. MSTcHff, Bhalldtaka. ^f^, Arushkara. 



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Verth Bheld. Beng. Hind. 



The acrid juice of marking nuts is a powerful vesicant and is 

 often employed by the natives for producing fictitious marks of 

 bruises. These can be distinguished from actual bruises caused by 

 blows with a stick or other weapon, by their deep bluish-black 

 colour and from their presenting small vesicles or minute blisters 

 on their surface. 



The practice of causing blisters by the application of the juice 

 of marking nuts among the Hindus appears to have been at one 

 time very common, for in our ancient medical works a section or 



paragraph is generally devoted to the treatment of ulcerations thus 

 produced. 



The ripe f raits are regarded as acrid, heating, stimulant, 

 digestive, nervine and escharotic, and are used in dyspepsia, piles, 



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