34. FED ALINED. 



Vernacular, — Bara-gokliru {Rind., Beng), Peru-nerunji 

 [Tarn), Pedda-palleru {Tel), Kattu-nerinnil {Mai), Anne- 

 galu-gida [Gan.), Kadva-gokhru ((t?/2.), Karonta, Ublia-gokliru, 

 Malvi-gokliru [Mar.). 



History, Uses, &C.— -This plant does not appear to 



Lave been used medicinally by tbe ancient Hindus, nor do 

 we know of any Sanskrit name for it. It is supposed by 

 Dr. Moodin Sheriff to be the Farid-butJ (herb Farld), the plant 

 upon which Shaik Farfd-ed-din Shakar Ganj,* a Mahometan 

 ascetic and poet, sustained life while he acquired the everlasting 

 treasure of knowledge (Granj-i-la-yazal-i-raaarif ). The follow- 

 ing quatrain is attributed to him : 



Shabnisfc keh khun-i-dil-i-ghamnak narikht. | 



Ruzi neh keh abru-i-man pak narikht, || 

 Yak sharbat-i-ab-i'khush nakhurdam hameh 'umr. | 



Kan niz z'rah-i-dideh bar khak narikht. 1| 



By night I am consumed with grief, 

 By day I am overwhelmed with shame. 



No drop of sweet water passes my lips, 

 But it pours in tears from my eyes. 



Mu 



powdered leaves are given in two- drachm doses with milk and 

 sugar in gonorrhoea and gonorrhoeal rheumatism. The fresh 

 plant agitated in water or milk renders it gelatinous without 

 materially altering its taste, colour or odour. This thickening 

 disappears after some hours. A watery infusion of this kind 

 sweetened with sugar is a favourite and excellent demulcent in 

 acute gonorrhoea. The dried fruit is the Bara-gokhru or 

 "great Gokhru" of the shops, and a decoction of it is used 

 when the fresh plant is not obtainable. In the Concan a 

 Paushtik, or _^stre_ngthening medicine," is made of the 



* Shakarganj or " sugTT^e." Poison in his mouth became sagai^ 



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Hu shrine is at Pak-pattau, or the Ferry of the Pure ; be died A. H. 664, 

 nmety-five years of age. Pak-pattan is in the Panj^b, between Bah^valpir 

 aad Firuzpur, m the Sutlej Valley. ■" i 



