266 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



Uses :— -Citron rind is hot, dry, and tonic ; the pulp cold and 

 dry ; the seeds, leaves and flowers hot and dry ; the juice refri- 

 gerant and astringent. According to Theophrastus, the fruit 

 is an expellent of poisons. It also corrects foetid breath 

 (Drury.) The distilled water of the fruit is used as a sedative 

 (Year-Book of Pharmacy, 1874, p. 623). 



The rind is made into a marmalade and is an antiscorbutic. 

 It is made into a preserve and is used for dysentery (Watt.) 

 Var. II. C. Limonum. The Lemon, 



Verm. : — Jambira ; bara nimbu; pahari nimbu ; pahari- 

 Kaghzi (H. and Dec); Kama nebu ; gora nebu ; bara nebu 

 (B.); kimti ; gulgul ; khutta (Pb.); Meta limbu ; motu-limbu ; 

 Motu nimbu (Guz.) ; Thorla-limbu (Mar.); Periya-elumich- 

 cham-pazham (Tam.); Pedda-nimma-pandu (Tel.); Dodda-nimbe- 

 hanun (Kan.) 



Habitat : — Cultivated in India. 



Leaflet ovate, petiole margined or winged, fruit middle-sized, 

 ovoid, yellow, nobbed or mamiliate, rind thin, pulp abundant, 

 very acid. 



Officinal Parts : — -1. The outer part of the rind of the ripe 

 fruit (Limonis Gortex) ; 2 The essential oil of the rind (Limo- 

 nis Oleum) ; and 3. The expressed juice of the ripe fruit 

 (Limonis Saeeus.) 



Properties of the Bind. — Stomachic and carminative. 



Therapeutic Uses. — Similar to those of Cortex Aurantii 

 (ante); it is, however, principally employed as a flavouring 

 agent. 



Oil of Lemon {Oleum Limonis). Obtained either by distil- 

 lation or by simple expression of the finely grated rind. 



It is carminative in closes of from two to four drops, but is 

 rarely employed in this character. It forms an ingredient in 

 Spiritus Ammoniac Aromaticus, and in Linimentum Potassii 

 Iodidi cum Sapone. It has been used as a local application 

 in some forms of ophthalmia, but with doubtful results. 

 Lemon oil mixed with glycerine is applied to the eruption of 

 acne (Watt.) 



