60 VERBUNACEM. 



Mahometan physicians describe Verbena under the Arabic 

 nameof Rai-el-haraam(|*Ua:^lt^c^ ) or as F^ristariun or Biiris- 

 tariun corruptions of the Greek Trfpiarepiov. They state that it 

 is tonic and astringent, useful in paralysis and amenorrhoea, 

 and that a plaster of the leaves promotes the healing of wounds. 

 An ointment is recommended for swellings of the womb, and a 

 vinegar in skin diseases. In Persia it is called Gao^mashaug 

 and Div-mashang " fairies pea." According to Stewart, it is 

 used as a tonic and febrifuge in the Punjab. In Cochin-China 

 it is known as Co-roi-ngtia, and is considered useful in nervous 



complaints and as a deobstruent in dropsy. [Loitreiro, Flor. 

 Coch. Chin. /., p. 27.) 



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Callicarpa lanata, linn., Bedd. Anal. Pi. 21, f. 6; 



Wight III., t. 173 b, f. 5, and 7c., t. 1480 : Wieede, Hod. Mai 

 iv., t. 60, IS a tree of the Deccau Peninsula, the Circars, and 

 Ceylon, which, though not noticed by Sanskrit medical writers, 

 has a popular reputation on account of its mucilaginous and 

 emollient properties. It is also subaromatic and bitter. Rheede 

 states that the leaves boiled in milk are used as a wash for 

 aphthae ^ of the mouth, and that the bark and root boiled in 

 water yield a decoction which is used to lessen febrile heat and 

 remove hepatic obstruction and herpetic eruptions. AiusHe 

 records the use of the plant as an emollient by the Javanese and 

 as a diuretic by the Malays. Dr. G. Watt {Diet. Econ. Prod. 

 Lul.) on the authority of Dr. Tiimen, states that the leaves, 

 roots, and bark are used by the natives of Ceylon in skin disea.ses. 

 C. hrata IS from 20 to 40 feet in height, the young branches are 

 cmna,noneous, shaggy and woolly, the leaves 4 to 8 inches long, 

 ovate lanceolate, stellately tomentose beneath ; if the tomenfum is 



arfTiftlvT"T "^ ^^'^^^^ '-^^'^ -'-^1- Both leaves and bark 

 aief.aatly aromatic and bitterish, andafford much mucilagewhcn 



r^^h T^^ ^-["'-^cular names are Bastra {Hind.), Masandari 

 \\ ')^ Tonl t ^''""•^' ^^^^-' ^^^--> roLdi-karavati 



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