104 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



certainly save them from the cost of the supply of Europe 

 mustard for external use. The plant grows well with ordinary 

 care." 



" The fresli root-bark of this plant is also a very good 

 rubefacient and vesicant, but it is rather too dear and not 

 procurable in large quantities. The bark of the stem is very 

 thick (from 1 to 2 inches when fresh, and from | to 1 inch 

 when dry), greenish brown on the outer side, and grey or 

 pale-white internally and on the inner side, and almost tasteless 

 and odourless. It is one of those barks which can be easily 

 reduced to a coarse powder, immediately after its removal from 

 the stem." ^Moodeen Sheriff). 



The bark of the stem and root of this plant constitute 

 the principal medicine of the Hindoo Pharmacopoeia for ealcu- 

 lus affections. It is said to promote the appetite, decrease the 

 secretion of the bile, act as laxative and remove disorders of 

 the urinary organs. (U. C. Dutt). 



In Bombay, the leaves are used as a remedy for swelling 

 of the feet, and a burning sensation in the soles of the feet * * 

 The leaf-juice is given in rheumatism in the Concan, in doses of 

 \ to 3 tolas, mixed with cocoanut juice and Ghi. In caries of 

 the bones of the nose, the leaf is smoked and the smoke 

 exhaled through the nose. The bark and the leaf pounded 

 and tied in a cloth are used as a fomentation in rheumatism 

 (Dymock). 



90. Cadaba indica, Lamk. h.f.b.i. l, 172. 



Syn. : — Stroemeria tetrandra Vahi Roxb. 267. 

 Vern. :— Kodhab (Sindh, and Hindi) ; Habab (Bomb.) Che- 

 moodda (Tel.). 



Habitat : — Western Peninsula, Sind, Concan, Deccan and 

 Coromandal Coast, on old walls and in waste dry places. 



A shrub often straggling or half-climbing, much-branch- 

 ed, glabrous or pubescent. " Bark brown, sometimes rough, 



