58 Brigade- Surgeon J. E. T. Aitchison's Notes on Products 



Prosopis Stepiianiana. The seeds, tnlihm-ijinjak. 

 CiTRULLUS CoLOCYNTHis. The pulp of the fruit employed in 



veterinary surgery, talldiah. 

 Trachydium Lehmanni. The roots, sliakdhul. 

 Ferula fcetida. The gum-resin Asafoetida, anguza, king. 

 Ferula galbaniflua. The gum-resin Galbanum, jdo-skir, 



hdrzad. 

 DoREMA Ammoniacum. The gum-resin Ammoniacum, liandal, 



usliak. 

 Artemisia species. The flower heads, afsantln. 

 Artemisia species. The flower heads, hdrang-hola. 

 Caccinia glauca. The corollas, gul-i-gdo-zahan. 

 Anchusa italica. The corollas, gul-i-gdo-zahdn. 

 BoRAGiNEiE. The bark from the roots of a Boraginaceous shrub 



drl-lang. 

 SoLANUM nigrum. The dried fruit, tdj-i-rizl. 

 Salvia ceratophylla. The herb. 

 ZiziPHORA tenuior. The whole plant, kdJiutl. 

 Eremostachys labiosa, and other species. The tubers of the 



roots, agar-magar. 

 Labiat/E. Herbs of which the genera have not been identified 



— hadrmij-hoia, the seeds ; kanouclia, the seeds ; sdtar, the 



herb and flower heads ; ustuJchudus, the herb. 

 Plantago species, hdrtang, hdrang. The seeds of several 



species. 

 Eheum tataricum. The fruit and roots stocks, reicand-i- 



deivdna. 

 Ephedra pachyclada. A decoction of the stems used by the 



Afghans, mao, Imma. 

 Merendera persica. The corms, sliamhalit, surinjdn. 

 Goll-sarnagun. The bulbs of a plant. 

 Gul-i-nlU. A brilliant blue flower employed in medicine. 

 Kawhai. A plant used in medicine. 

 Agaricus species, ghdri-hun. 

 Under Condiments — Sarcocolla, the Mannas, Psammogeton ; 



anjaddn or gulpdr, djA-dn. 

 Under Foods (other) — Orchis, Allium, Tulipa. 



Minerals obtained in the country, employed in medicine — 



Mtimidl. A natural mineral pitch. 



Chemically prepared substances employed as medicines — 



Lime — dhak. 



Pitch, or Tar, from the destructive distillation of the dung of 

 sheep and goats, sla-roglian. 



