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*ot rid off by thorough boiling and washing, otherwise the 

 vegetable is apt to cause troublesome irritation in the mouth and 

 fauoes. Medicinally, surana is considered serviceable in hemor- 

 rhoids ; in fact one of if s Sanskrit Fynonyms is arsoyhna or the 

 curer of piles. It is administered in this disease in a variety of 

 forms. The tuber is covered with a layer of earth and roasted 

 in a fire ; the roasted vegetable is given with the addition of oil 

 and salt. 1 Several confections are described such as the Laghu- 



surana modaka, Vrihat surana mcdoka, Surana pindi, Kdnkdyana 



modaka, etc. These are all confections made of the tubers of 

 Amorphophallus companulatits with the addition of treacle and 



various aromatics and aerids. 



Svalpa or Laghu surana modaka 2 is thus prepared. Take of 



black pepper one part, ginger two parts, plumbago root four 



parts, tuber of surana eight parts, treacle sixteen parts, mix 



together and prepare a confection. Dose, about a tola every 

 morning, in piles and dyspepsia. 



SCINDAPSUS OFFICINALIS, Schott. Syn. Pathos officinalis, 



Iioxb. Sans, ^fq^pft, Gajapippali* Vern. Gajapi/ml, Beng. Hind. 

 The sliced fruits oE this plant pass by the name of gajapipuL 

 They are considered aromatic, carminative, stimulant and useful 

 in diarrhoea, asthma and other affections supposed to be caused 



hy deranged phlegm. They are chiefly used as an aromatic 

 adjunct to other medicines. 





ALOCASIA 1NDICA, Schott. 



Syn. Arum Indtcnm, Iioxb. 

 Sans. *fTW3T, Mdnaka, Vern. Mdnhachu, Beng. Mdnkanda, Hind. 

 The underground stems of Alocasia Indica constitute a vala- % 

 able and important vegetable of native dietary. The stems 



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