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ory, Uses, &c.—The shrub is sacred to Shiva, 
a 
ived from that of a Malabar idol. The Sanskrit word 
a which signifies god, and especially Shiva, would be 
r that god. In Southern and Western India the Hindus, 
strine of Si ceiran: as a remedy for dysentery. In the 
umin and nagkesar (cinnamon buds), and made into a 
s with butter and sugar-candy. In Southern India they 
) given with tyre or goat’s milk. Rheede notices the use 
2 root in fever and gonorrhoea, also its external applica- 
in headache, and to boils, with or without cocoanut milk, 
root was brought to the notice of the profession a few 
ago-as a remedy for dysentery by a medical man in 
, bat Dr. F. Willis reports :—‘“‘I tried it in many cases, 
y ina small number did I find it of any benefit, one 
@ only was cured without other drugs; it is, however, a very 
stomachic tonic, useful in cases of debility of that organ, 
that I think is its proper place in therapeutics.” 
Scription.—Root branched, } inch or more in dia- 
bark thick, smooth, brown, marked with small warty 
ences, it exudes a yellow juice when cut; wood hard, 
Commencing from 
