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Take equal parts of hall zlrJ or the purple flea-bane, i chltd (Plum- 

 bago zcylanica), dry ginger, moth, sweet flag, cumin seed, the three 

 kinds of myrobalan, bdhring (Embelia Ribes), long-pepper, seed of sonf 

 or Indian sweet-fennel, rock-salt, earth-salt, black mustard-seed, 

 assafcetida, hachrl (Cucumis jjubescens), jawd,in (ajava seeds; Carum 

 Copticum), turmeric, alum, borax, hiitTcl or black hellebore, ^ carbonate of 

 potash,^ gachlona,'^ and black rock-salt.^ First fry in a pan (without 

 grease) the alum, the assafcetida and the borax. Pound the remaining 

 ingredients very fine and mix with the first three and put aside. Give 

 the weight of four ddr)i ^ or more, well mixed in a little maheld. Give 

 after the rdtib. 



27. — Receipt for char-bana 7 



Take equal quantities of black pepper, of either huthi (black 

 hellebore), conessi bark {Rolarrhena ayitidysenterica),^ long pepper^ and 

 dry ginger. Powder and mix. Give 2 ozs. with coarse wheaten fiour. 

 In winter this is given at bed-time ; in summer early in the morning. 

 This also makes a horse drink deep. 



28. — To MAKE A Horse Drink i" 



After returning from furlough and before showing a horse at darbdr 

 a sawar gives the following : — 



Dry ginger, black mustard seed, salt, ajwdin or ajova seeds. One 

 ounce of each is powdered, mixed in dtd and given at bed-time. The 

 horse will drink deeply next morning. 



29. — A Cheap Receipt for Fattening a Horse 

 Take of hhalU (the dregs of linseed after the oil has been expressed) 

 4 lbs.; moisten with cow's milk; add of khdnd [coarse brown sugar, 

 more refined than gur'] 2 lbs., and give instead of plain maheld, half the 

 quantity of ordinary maheld and half of this ; give as a morning-food 

 only, for three weeks. 



30. — Receipt for Malida for Foals 

 Take 2 lbs. of gram and grind it, and then bake in cakes, thick or 



1 iTrtZi 2;M, purple flea-bane (Vernonia anthelmintica) : not to be confounded 

 with hCild ztrd, " black cumin seed." Vide p. 40, note 2. 



2 Kutki, H., Helleborus niger. 

 ^ Jawdkhcir, H. 



* Gach-lon, a medical salt, consisting chiefly of muriate of soda with a little 

 iron, lime, and sulphur. 

 ^ Sonchar. 



^ Dam = 20 mdsha, and a mdsha = about 16 grains. 

 ^ Receipt of Sirdar Khan, 3rd Pan jab Cavalry. 

 '^ Kauriyd, H., Kurchi or Conessi bark, 

 ^ Plpli or magh. 

 1° Receipt of Sirdar Khan, .Srd Panjab Cavalry. 



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