384 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



Use : — The bark, powdered and mixed with Margosa oil, is 

 considered by the Vytians a valuable application to old and 

 obstinate ulcers. [Ainslie]. The gum beaten up with cocoa- 

 nut milk, is applied to sprains and bruises, and the leaves 

 boiled in oil are used for a similar purpose [Wight]. 



In the Indian Pharmacopoeia the astringent properties of 

 the bark are noticed, and its use as a lotion in impetiginous 

 eruptions and obstinate ulcerations. The late Dr. Bholanath 

 Bose recommended a decoction of the bark as an astringent 

 gargle. Powdered bark used for leprous ulcers as a paste 

 in Ratnagiri. 



The juice of the green branches, in a four-ounce dose 

 mixed with two ounces of tamarind, is given as an emetic 

 in cases of coma or in insensibility produced by opium or other 

 narcotics [Taylor's Topography of Dacca.] 



A decoction of the bark is useful internally in some cases 

 of atonic dyspepsia and general debility, particularly if it is 

 combined with tincture of gentian, calumba, &c. [Moodeen 

 Sheriff]. 



In Burma, a decoction of the bark is used for tooth-ache. 



In some parts of the Madras Presidency and Burma, the 

 leaves are used for all local swellings and pains of the body. 

 They are first boiled and then applied. 



331. — Semeearpus anaeardium, Linn. f. h.f.b.l, 

 ii. 30, Roxb. 268. 



Sans. : — Bhallataka, Arushkara. 

 Arab. :— Habbul-fahm. 

 Vers. : — Biladur. 



Vern. :— Bhela, bhilaura (H.) ; Bhela, bhelatuki (B.) ; Bhallia 

 (Uriya) ; Konghi (Lepcha) ; Bhilavan (Dec.) ; Shenkottai, sheran- 

 kottai (Tarn.) ; Jidi-Vittulu (Tel.) ; Oherun kuru 'Mai.) ; Giru 

 (Kan.) ; Bibba (Bomb.) ; Bhiamu, (Guz.) 



Eng. :— The Marking-Nut Tree. 



