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Mishmee Teeta as a reyyiedy for Ojyhthalmia and Headache, — Take 

 2 drachms of Mishmee Teeta and grind it with sufficient water to 

 form a paste, which is to be applied round the eye twice a day. 

 For headache it is applied to the forehead and temples. 



3Iishmee Teeta as a remedy in Fever, — Take 1 drachm Mishmee 

 Teeta finely powdered, and mix with half a pint of cold water. To 



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be taken daily in two doses. Purgatives are never used by the hill- 

 tribes. 



Mishmee Bee (or poison) employed by hunters. — Take 2 or 3 

 drachms of Mishmee Bee finely ground, and mix with any acid 

 glutinous vegetable pulp, so as to form a thick paste, which is to be 

 applied to the head of the arrow and allowed to dry in the shade. 



The glutinous substance generally used is the pulp of a sour fruit 

 called Owe Tangah by the Assamese and Chtdiah in Bengali {'Dillenia 

 Spjciosa), I imagine it is preferred in consequence of its acidity 

 preventing a ilow of blood from the wound, which would wash away 

 the poison. {By the Medical Officer^ Chychicah^ Upper Assam, Jtnie 

 llth^ 1842.) 



Delphinium Zalil. 



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Aitchison (Notes on Products of W. Afghanistan and N.-E, Persia, 

 p. 55) says : — "Yellow Larkspur, asharg, aswarg, isbarg, isbarag^ 

 isparaTct sparak^ sparig^jalil, zalil; the flowers, gul-i-zalil, ytd-i-Jalil, 

 A perennial herb, with a thick short woody rootstock, from which 

 several annual shoots spring ; these are from one to two feet in height, 

 each usually bearing a terminal spike of exc^nisite jollow i3owers. 

 When the flowers are at their best, the annual shoots bearing the 

 spike of inflorescence is broken off close to the root ; these are 

 collected together, and then laid in heaps, usually on the roofs of 

 the houses, to dry. In two or three days they are sufficiently diy, 

 when the twigs are shaken over a sheet ; on this all the flowers 

 tumble off, and are collected, either for local use or exportation. 

 The petals are of commercial importance, yielding a valuable 

 yellow dye for silk, and are exported for this purpose in large quan- 

 tities to^ Persia, Turkistan, Afghanistan, and India. The dye is 

 easUy Obtained by simply boiling the flowers in water ; in this 

 decoction the silk is dipped. The dried stems also yield a dye upon 

 being boiled, but this is poor in comparison with that yielded by 

 the flowers." 



