SALVA DORACE 2. 385 
History, Uses, &c,.—The leaves, root, and milky juice 
are bitter, and are used medicinally by the Hindus, Dr. P.S. 
Mootooswamy (Ind. Med. Gazette, October, 1889,) states that 
the leaves are considered stimulant, and are given to puerperal 
women immediately after confinement. They are administered 
in the following manner by the villagers:—The leaves with an - 
equal quantity of Neem leaves, and a little powdered brick, are 
finely ground and given twice a day for the first two days, no 
food being allowed. For the next six days the woman gets a 
little boiled rice and pepper water once a day, and is allowed to 
drink a little warm water after the meal ; she is not allowed to 
sleep after her food during the day, and if thirsty must quench 
her thirst by eating betel leaves and areca nut. From the 
seventh day she gets her ordinary food. It is also the practise 
among the rural classes to give 2 to 4 ounces of Neem oil soon 
after delivery, with a little roasted asafcetida, and the woman is 
made to take daily for a month from the morning of the third 
or fourth day a bolus of a stimulating confection, called Naday- 
cayam in Tamil, which is supposed to keep off cold from the 
system. (This practice is general pace the —— people. 
in most parts of India.) 
The leaves are also administered with food as a remedy for 
rheumatism, and their juice to relieve cough. 
The root is considered to have the same properties as the 
leaves, and to be also diuretic ; it is given in dropsy along with 
other drugs. Dr. Mootooswamy gives the following formula as 
much used by native doctors:—Take of the root bark 3x, 
Tribulus terrestris fruit, root of Trianthema monogyna and 
Cephalandra indica @ 3i, Beleric and chebulic myrobalans 
@3ss, Iron dross 3x, Goat’s urine Zviii, Water four sers. Make 
a decoction and keep it for several days intheoven. Dose 2 to 
3 ounces twice a day in as much water. 
: A decoction of the root, leaves and bark with -an equal 
oe quantity of Acorus Calamus, ginger, ajowan seeds and salt 
is recommended as a remedy for chronic diarrhoea, and 1 
iat ounces of the juice obtained from the-root a 
