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to some it is liquor distilled from rioe with the addition of 

 medicinal herbs. 



Some of these spirituous >iquors have several varieties. Thus 

 two varieties of sidhu are mentioned, namely, that produced from 

 boiled sugar-cane juice and that fmm the unboiled j a ice. The 

 liqnor distilled from rice receives different names according to its 

 consistence. The clear transparent flnid which floats on the top 

 is called pramnnd • that below it, is called Udambari ; jaqala is a 

 thicker fluid t^an hddambari ; medaka in the thickest and weakest 

 of all The forms of medicated ppiritunne liquors have been already 

 described in the introduction, (see page 13 ). 



SpiritnouF liquors are described as stimulant, sedative, agree- 

 able, heating, intoxicating, digestive and nourishing. They are 

 eas^lv assimilated but, injurious to health in hot climates. New 

 wine is disagreeable to the taste and smell, unpleasant in its effects 

 not easily assimilated, laxative, heating and injurious to health. 

 Old wine is agree* ble, light and appetizng. It promotes the 

 circulation of the fluids in the vessels and renders the senses acute. 

 In amiable and virtuous men, wine promotes mirth and a desire for 



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with s . table food, wine acts like nectar. If taken to excess it 

 indues a host of diseases. Medicinal'y, spirituous liquors are 

 said to he useful in emanation. derulity.anjBmia. urinary dis»acep, 

 dy-pppsia, chronio b:>wel complaints, ohronio fever, deficient 

 seoretioflfof milk, etc. 



A. mixture of ginger, cumin seeds, treacle, wine and warm 



water is given in ague with prolonged cold stage. l In ohronio 



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