to as an emblem of increase and oe it i. 
The baton 
tree. The fenit i is the subject of sovérul Solar-phallic myths, ae 
Hi u physicians regard the unripe or half ripe fruit as astrin- 3 
at “digestive, and stomachic, and prescribe it in diarrhea — 
ant dysentery. ' The ripe fruit is considered aromatic, cooling 
and laxative, A thick sherbet of the ripe Eat has a 
: a Pita in Sanskrit. y 
hy "Sagas melancholia and palpitation of the ho 
mula or ten plants (vide Tribulus terrestris). - 
_of the leaves is given with honey as a laxative ae 
; it is used in asthmatic complaints, and with the 
of black pepper in atiasarca with costiveness ond 
>; moreover, in external inflammations it is given se 
xe supposed Geretigoront: of the humours. ‘The 
oh desoribos it; they skiing the ripe frnit to Seda i 
y young fruit cold i in the second degree, and 
7 nd 
its gpropertios. are described i in the Makhzan-el- -Adwi 
— ive, tonic and whe apes it: is directed d to 
