feS OLOCTNTHiS. 1 7 



CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS r Sc/trad,. 



Syn. Cucumis Colocynthis, Linn. 

 Sans. ?>£«UVQ% indravdrmri. Vera. Indrdyan. Hind. 



Indian colocynth is common on the lower slopes of the Western 

 Himalaya and also on the plains pf the drier parts of Indirf. It 

 is procurable in the bazars of the North -West Provinces under 

 the name of indrdyan. The pulp of the fruit is described as bitter, 

 acrid, cathartic, and useful in biliousness, constipation, fever and 

 worms. The root of the plant is oonsidered cathartic and useful 

 in jaundice, ascites, enlargements of the abdominal viscera, 

 urinary diseases, rheumatism, etc. 



Jvaraghni gutikd. 1 Take of mercury one part ; sulphur, 

 oolooynth pulp, cardamoms, long pepper, ohebulic myrobalan, and 

 pellitory root, each four parts. Rub these ingredients with the 

 juice of indravdruni root and make into pills weighing about 

 twenty grains each. These pills are administered with the fresh 

 juice of gidancha in recent fever. They move the bowels and 

 reduce the fever. 



An oil prepared from the seeds of Indian colooynth, is used 

 for blackening groy hairs. A poultice of the root is said to be 

 useful iu inflammation of the breasts. 2 





NAT. ORDER UMBELLIFER^E. 



The following aromatic fruits belonging to this natural order, 

 are noticed by Sanskrit writers and are used in medicine or as 

 condiments by the natives. 



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