mVrica sapidA. 



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ncriifolia is recommended to be applied to piles. 1 Thread steeped 

 in the above mentioned mixture is used in ligaturing external 

 hemorrhoids. 2 The powdered wood of Berberis Asiatica (ddruhari- 

 drd) is steeped in the milky juice of snuhi and of Calotropis 

 gigantea (arka), and made into tents for introduction into the 

 tracks of fistula- in-ano and other sinuses. 3 



NAT. ORDER MYRFCE/E. 



MYRICA SAPIDA, Wall. 



Sans, v^qnr, Katpliala Vern. Kdephal, Hind. 



The bark of Myrica sapida ( a Himalayan tree), is its most 

 valuable product, and is largely exported to the plains. It is dark 

 or brownish grey, with deep vertical wrinkles, and is considered 

 heating, stimulant and useful in diseases supposed to be caused 

 by deranged phlegm, such as catarrhal fever, cough, and 

 affections of the throat. It enters into the composition of 

 numerous formulae for these diseases. The following is an 

 example. m 



Kafphalddi Churna.* Take of the bark of Myrica sapida, tubers 

 of Cyperus rotundas (mustaka), root of Ptcrorrhiza Kurroa (ka*uki) 9 



(sat i) 



(karkaria sringi) 



the root of Aplotaxis auriculata (kushta), equal parts ; powder 

 aud mix. This powder is given in doses of about a drachm with 

 the addition of ginger-juice and honey in affections of the throat, 

 oough and asthma. , . 



In catarrh with headache the powdered bark is occasionally 

 used as a snuff. 



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