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in, and lastly 



brisk 



stirring being continued for a few minutes. A few drops of attar 

 of roses are then quiokly sprinkled in, and the mixture poured 

 from the pipkin on a flat cold dish or slab. The mass concretes 

 immediately into a thiok oake, which is divided into small 

 lozenge- shaped pieces. A seer thus prepared sells for four rupees. 

 One draohm by weight will intoxicate a beginner ; three drachms, 

 one experienced in its use. The taste is sweet and the odour very 

 agreeable. Ameer states that sometimes by special order of 

 customers he introduces stramonium seeds, but never nux vomica ; 

 that all classes of persons including the lower Portugese or Kala 

 Feringhees and especially their females, consume the drug ; that 

 it is most fascinating in its effects, producing extatic happiness, 

 a persuasion of high rank, a sensation of flying, voracious appetite 

 and intense aphrodisiac desire."* 



The leaves of Cannabis sativa are purified by being boiled m 

 >milk before use. They are regarded as heating, digestive, astrin- 

 gent and narcotic. The intoxication produoed by bhang is »» ld 

 to be of a pleasant description and to promote talkativeness. 



In sleeplessness, the powder of the fried leaves is given in 

 suitable doses for inducing sleep and removing pain. 1 



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Jdtiphatedya chuma? Take of nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon 



oartlamon, tejapatra leaves, flowers of Mesua ferrea ( ndgakesara)* 



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camphor, sandal wood, sesamum seeds, bamboo manna, flow 





# Bengal Dispensatory, p. 582. 



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