A NOTE. 



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A NOTE. 



In his interesting report on Punjab Drugs [in Baden Powell's Handbook of 

 the Economic Products of the Punjab], the late Dr. Burton Brown wrote : — 



" At the present day the native physicians have adopted, with some modi- 

 fications, the idea of Galen respecting the method of operation of medicines ; 

 this was, that the uses of all medicines were derived from their elementary or 

 cardinal properties, —namely, heat, cold, moisture and dryness ; and that all 

 diseases could also be classed under the above heads, but that in the treatment 

 of disease a medicine should always be employed which was of a contrary 

 nature to the disease treated ; thus a cold disease requires a hot remedy, and 

 the converse. 



The following is a list of some of the drugs employed, showing their 

 nature according to native ideas, and also the real use in European 

 medicine. 



Cold Medicines. 



Scientific name. 



Native name. 



Use. 



Phyllanthus emblica 



Amla 



Astringent and acid pur- 

 gative. 



Rosa 



Gul surkh ... 



Astringent. 



Rosa 



Gulab 



Astringent and purgative. 



Citrus aurantium 



Narangi 



Astringent, tonic. 



Tamarindus indie a 



Imli 



Refrigerant. 



Terminalia chebula 



Halela 



Astringent. 



Rhus coriaria 



Samak 



Hot Medicines. 



Astringent. 



Semecarpus anacardium 



Bhilawa 



Acrid. 



Corylus avellana 



Findak 



Demulcent. 



Dracocephalum Roylea- 



Balangii 



Aromatic. 



num. 







Zingiber officinale 



South 



Aromatic- 



Moschus 



Mushk 



Aromatic. 



Aquillaria agallocha 



'TPd 



Tonic. 



Caryophyllus aromatica 



Karanful 



Aromatic. 



Amber ... 



Kahruba 



Tonic. 



Narcissus tazetta 



Nargas 



Dry Medicines. 



Acrid. 



Prunella sp— , 



Ustukhudus 



Aromatic. 



Raw Silk 



Abresham ,.. 



Inert. 



Centaurea Behmen 



Bahman 



Tonic. 



Polypodium ... 



Bisfaij 



Tonic. 



Dracocephalum Roylea- 



Balangu 



Aromatic. 



num. 







Psoralea corallifolia 



Babchi 



Tonic. 



Laurus cinnamomum 



Darchfni 



Aromatic. 



Laurus cassia 



Taj 



Aromatic. 



Pastinaca 



Shakakul 



Demulcent. 



Crocus sativus 



Zafran 



Inert. 



Mentha sativa 



Pudina 



Aromatic. 



Myristica moschata 



Jaiphal 



Aromatic. 



