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also used in this disease. The fresh juice of the leavea alone, or 

 mixed with opium, is a common domestic application in in- 

 flamed parts. 



In inflammation of the breasts, a paste composed of turmeric 

 and dhaturd fruits is recommended to be applied. 1 An oil prepared 

 in the usual manner with the paste and juice of dhaturd leaves, is 

 .applied to the head for destroying lice. 2 An oil prepared by boil- 

 ing dhaturd seeds, and sesamum oil, with an alkaline water made 

 from the ashes of Colocasia Indica (mdnaka), is used in psoriasis. 3 



In the Bengal Dispensatory ( page 469 ) it is stated that "we 

 are indebted to the native practitioners of India for a method of 

 using stramonium in spasmodic asthma, which is certainly found 

 of great benefit in numerous cases. We allude to the practice of 

 smoking the leaves or dried stems." The smoking of dhaturd 

 leaves is prescribed at present both by English and native 

 practitioners in spasmodic asthma, but I have not met with any 

 written prescription for it in Sanskrit or vernacular medical 

 works, nor does the Taleef Shereef allude to the practice as 

 known to the Mussulman hakims. It would seem therefore that 

 this use of the drug is of recent origin. 



SOLANUM XANTHOCARPUM, VAR. 



JACQUINII. Schrad. 



Syn. Solanum Jacquinii, Linn. 

 Sans, qfngrsnft, Kantak&ri, firfeft^iT, NidigdhiJcd. 

 Vern. Kantakdri, Be?ig. Kateti, Kataz, Hind. 

 The root of Solanum Jacquinii is much esteemed as an expec- 

 torant and is used in cough, asthma, catarrhal fever and pain in 

 the chest. It is an ingredient of dasamula (see Desmodium 

 gangeticum ), and is tljus largely used in a great variety of 

 diseases. The fruits are said to possess properties similar to 

 those of the roots and are eaten as a vegetable. 



1. iirarrarw^qf^j^j 



^ai<$*i: I 



2 - vav-M*^* rrst^r mfam \ ^r*w*m *j*f •inwfa ^rt?t tt 



«MH«i!H: t 



3 - ^irtcto ftifa ^*^K4iPwi 4$w fvmri sfta* iwifirar- 



f^rrnn 



■™<^;t 



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