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as a rubefacient. I have used them successfully for the cure 

 of the form of herpes, known as dhobie's itch (Surgeon-Major 

 Dymoeh, p. 188). When made into a paste, they are used as a 

 remedy for ringworm. 



The flowers are astringent, depurative, diuretic, and aphro- 

 disiac ; as a poultice, they are used to disperse swellings and 

 promote diuresis and the menstrual flow. They are given 

 to eneiente women in cases of diarrhoea, and are applied ex- 

 ternally in orchitis. 



The leaves are described by the Makhzan-ul-Adwiya as 

 astringent, tonic, and aphrodisiac, are used to disperse boils 

 and pimples, and are given internally in flatulent colic, worms, 

 and piles. 



The bark, according to Rheede's Hortus Malabaricus, is given 

 in conjunction with ginger in cases of snake-bite. 



" I have tried the seeds of B. frondosa internally in numer- 

 ous cases, and they are neither purgative nor febrifuge, at least 

 not in one-drachm doses, — the largest quantity I have yet 

 used. There is, however, no doubt that they are anthelmintic, 

 at least to some extent. Administered in powder, morning 

 and evening, for 2 or 3 days, and followed by a dose of some 

 purgative, they generally expel from 1 to 3 or 4 round-worms, 

 but failure is more frequent than success. That these seeds 

 are not powerful enough to act always against the worms, is 

 proved by the expulsion of the latter in large numbers in 

 many. cases by the use of santonine immediately after having 

 failed with butea seeds. Both the kernel and the testa of the 

 seeds possess the anthelmintic property. Dose of the powder 

 for an adult from 30 grains to 1 drachm. Four grains is an 

 average dose for a child of 4 years. 



The inspissated juice of this plant (the Butea Kino of Indian 

 commerce) is a good astringent, and as such is useful in all 

 the complaints in which the true Kino is indicated. It has 

 been used in the same forms as those of the latter, but in 

 somewhat larger doses, — viz., from 15 to 40 grains (Honorary 

 Surgeon Moodeen Sheriff, Khan Bahadur, Madras). 



