198 SANSKRIT MATERIA MEDICJA. 



and Malayan Peninsulas, and Ceylon." Sanskrit writers mention 

 two varieties founded upon the colour of the flowers, namely, 

 white, called alarka, and red, called arka. The milky juice, 

 flowers, root-bark and leaves are all used in medicine. The root- 

 bark is said to promote the secretions and to be useful in skin 

 diseases, enlargements of the abdominal \iscera, intestinal worms, 

 cough, ascites, arasarca, etc. The milky juice is regarded as a 

 drastic purgative and caustic and is generally used as such in 

 combination with the milky juice of Euphorbia neriifolia. The 



flowers are considered digestive, stomachic, tonic and useful in 

 cough, asthma, catarrh and loss of appetite. 



The leaves mixed with rook salt are roasted within closed 

 vessel?, so that the fumes may not escape. The ashes thus 

 produced are given with whey in ascites and enlargements of the 

 abdominal viscera. 1 



The following inhalation is prescribed for cough. Soak the 

 powdered root-bark of aria in its own milky juice and dry.' 

 Bougies are prepared with tbis powder and their fumes inhaled. 2 

 The root-bark, leduoed to a paste with sour congee, is applied to 

 elephantiasis of the legs and sorofcara. 3 The milky juices of 

 Calotropis gigantea and Euphorbia neriifolia are made into tents 

 with the powdered wood of Berberis Asiaiica, for introduction into 



sinuses and fistula in ano.* The milky juice is applied to carious 

 teeth for relief of pain."' 



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