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Uses : — The dried leaves are used as a f umigatory for 

 children suffering from catarrh ; powdered and in combination 

 with aromatics they are given in dyspepsia ; with the fresh 

 leaves a tincture is made which is used as an external remedy 

 in the first stages of paralysis. In the Punjab, the leaves are 



u sed as a remedy for rheumatic pains. Rue in all its forms is 



. considered injurious to pregnant women. 



The herb and the oil act as stimulants chiefly of the uterine 

 and nervous systems. Rue has also been regarded as an an- 

 thelmintic. In large doses it is an aero-narcotic poison. 

 When fresh its topical action is acrid, and if much handled it 

 produces redness, swelling and even vesication. 



It may be given internally in hysteria, amenorrhuea, epilepsy, 

 flatulent colic, &c, and externally may be used as a rubefaci- 

 ent. The oil is the best form for administration, but rue tea 

 is a popular remedy. The dose of the powdered leaves is 10 

 grs. to one drachm ; of the oil one to four minims. (Watt.) 



The dry rue leaves in the form of infusion and tincture are 

 beneficial in dyspepsia with flatulency, flatulent colic and 

 slight cases of amenorrhoea ; the juice of the leaves has a 

 distinct control over infantile convulsions. (Moodeen Sheriff.) 



Rue is used by Arabs in Palestine and Syria as a preventive 



of the ill affects of water drunk at unaccumstomed spungs : they 



either chew the leaves, or soak the plant in water. (Fullerton.) 



Rutin, which is obtained from Rue, and quercitrin, are isomeric com- 

 pounds of a composition represented by Herzig's formula for the latter, 

 C 3o - H 33 O 20 -f 3 H 2 O. The product obtained by the decomposition of rutin 

 with dilute mineral acids is named isoquercetin, and differs in physical 

 properties from quercetin, which is similarly prepared from quercitrin. Iso- 

 quercetin is l^ss soluble than quercetin, gives a dirty green coloration with 

 ferric chloride which on warming turns bright red, whilst quercetin. with 

 ferric chloride forms a dark green solution which on warming becomes dark 

 red. I. Ch. S. 1897 A I. 433. 



220. Peganum Harmala, Linn. H.F.B.I., I. 486. 



Vern :— Hurmul, harmal, isband-lahouri, lahouri-hurmul, 

 (Hind;; Isband (Beng) ; Hurmul, isbund-lahouri, lahouri- 

 hurmul spelane. (P. B.) ; spail anai, (Pushtu, ; spand, spong, 

 ispantban, (N. Baluchistan); Hurmul, isbund-lahouri, lahouri- 



