380 CONlFEnm. 



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of a confection ; they are of a brown colour, about one 

 inch ia length, and have an oleaginous and terebinthinate 



flaTOur. 



Church, "Food Grains of India," found the percentage 

 composition of the seeds to be Water 8*7, Albuminoids 13*6, 

 Starch 22-5, Oil 51-3, Fibre 0-9, and Ash 3-0. 



CEDRUS LIBANI, Barrel, var. Deodara. 



Fig.— -Hook./. Nat. Hist. Rev. ii., t. 1-3; Forbes, Pinef, 

 Wob., t. 48, 49; Griff. le. PL Asiat., i. 364. 



JJ[ab. — N.-"\V. Himalaya. The \YOod. 

 F^>'«acwZar.— Deodar-ki-lakri [IncL Bazars). 



History, Uses, &C. — This tree, in Sanskrit Devadaru, 

 Suradaru, Suradruma ''tree of the gods/' yields the JJhadra- 

 kashtha *^' auspicious wood," Sneha-viddha "impregnated with 

 oil/' which is used as a carminative, diaphoretic, and diuretic hy 

 the Hindu physicians in fever, flatulence, inflammation, dropsy, 

 urinary diseases, &c. It is chiefly used in combination with 

 other medicines, as in the following diuretic mixture: — Take of 

 Devadaru wood, root of Jloringrt pferf/rfosjyerma (Sigru), and 

 Achyrantes aspera (Apamarga), one drachm each and reduce to a 

 paste with cow's urine. To be given in ascites. (Chakradatta.) 

 The wood is also ground to a paste with water and applied to the 

 temples to relieve headache. A tar {Kilan-la-fel) made by 

 destructive distillation of the wood is a favourite remedy for 



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of about one drachm, and also applied locally. From the 

 Sanskrit name Devadaru of thiswood^ it must not be confounded 

 with the wood of Ert/throxyhn monogymimy known in Tamil as 

 "Devadarum, and which, on aceoimt of itsodour, is called "Bastard 

 Sandal," 0. Hhani is the Deodar of Ibn Sina, who states that 

 it is called Sanuhar-el-hindi, and is useful in rheumatism, piles, 

 palsy epilepsy, gravel in the kidneys or bladder and proJapauH 

 ani. Hnji Zrin-el-Attar states that it^ jmVo is used in 



