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Masfh adds that it is cathartic and useful for the expulsion 
of phlegm and corrupt humours. Haji Zein el Attar says that 
the Persian name is o}9$ (gézhad), and that the tree which 
produces it grows in the Shabankérah hills near Shiraz. 
Another name for the gum is Jahudéneh. When it first 
exudes it is white, but from exposure to the sun it becomes red. 
Amongst modern writers, Mir Muhammad Husain, the author 
of the Makhzan-el-Adwiya, informs us that Anzertit is at 
Ispahan called Kunjud and Agardhak, at Shiraz Kunderd; in 
Arabic it is known as Kohl-Farsi (Persian collyrium) and Kohl- 
Kirmani (Kirman collyrium). The Indians callit Lai. He de- 
‘Scribes it as the gum of a thorny plant called Shayakah, which 
is about 6 feet high, has leaves like those of the Frankincense, 
and is a native of Persia and T'urkistan; he then gives a correct 
description of the drug, and states that it is aperient, and a 
resolvent of corrupt and phlegmatic humours, &c. ; it acts best 
when combined’ with such medicines as turpeth, myrobalans, 
Sagapeaum, &c, Speaking of particular diseases in which it is, 
employed, he mentions its use in congestive apoplexy combined 
with castor-oil, and topically in purulent discharges from the 
eyes;* roasted with onions it is dropped into the ear to cure 
earache. It is also used internally as an antirheumatic and 
anthelmintic. The Egyptian women eat it on account of its 
fattening properties. Dose, 1 to 2 miskdls; large doses are 
said to prove fatal by obstructing the intestinal glands. With | 
regard to its use in plasters his remarks are to the same purport 
as those of. Ibn Sina. When used as a collyrium he directs it 
to be prepared by being beaten up in ass’s milk, and afterwards 
dried in an oven until slightly baked. 
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Kuropean writers on Materia 
colla. Guibourt remarks that if the statements of the Greeks 
and Arabians are correct, it cannot be the prodace of a Peneea, 
a genus confined to Africa. He states that Pelletier found it 
to consist of Sarcocolline 65°39, gum 4°60, gelatinous matter 
“In the Tibb-i Akbari the following receipt is given :—Starch 6 parts, 
Anzerdt md white lead of each 2 parts; sift very fine for an eye-powder. 
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