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The powdered leaves are given with the juice of Justicvi 

 Adhatoda ( vdsaka ) and honey in cough, asthma and haemoptysis. 1 

 A confection called Tdlisddya churna is prepared with tdlisapatra, 

 black pepper, long pepper, ginger, bimboo-manna, cardamoms, 

 cinnamon and sugar, and is used in the above mentioned 

 diseases. 2 These leaves enter into the composition of numerous 

 complex prescriptions. 



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PINUS LONGIFOLTA. Raxb. 



Sans. ^civ[, Sarah, Vern. Chir, Saral, Hind. 



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Tub aromatio wood of Pznus longi folia is used in Hindu 

 medicine. The tree yields an oleo- resin called sarala drava, 

 sricdsa and kshira in Sanskrit. In the vernaoular it is oalled 

 gandhabirozd . Dr. Royle remarked, "The chir exudes or yields 

 to incisions a very fine turpentine. This is chiefly valued by the 

 natives for its resin, and as the latter is only obtained by exposing 

 the turpentine to heat, the oil, the more valuable produot is 

 dissipated to procure the resin ; but by adopting a very simple 

 still, the resin was obtained as good as ever for the purposes of 

 the natives^while the oil of turpentine which distilled over was 

 pronounced on being sent to the General Hospital of Calcutta, 

 to be of very superior quality." Turpentine is now distilled by 

 the natives in the Panjab but the distilled oil is not mentioned 

 by Sanskrit writers. 



The wood of Pznus longzfolia is considered stimulant, 

 diaphoretic and useful in burning of the body, cough, fainting 

 and ulcerations ; it is generally used in combination with other 





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