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pressing down the piston with his right hand. The syringe 

 should now be withdrawn, but the orifice of the urethra should 

 still be compressed, and the fluid be retained for two or three 

 minutes. On removing the finger and thumb, the injection will 

 be thrown out by the elasticity of the urethra. (Moodeen Sheriff). 



449. A. Senegal, Willd. h.f.b.i. ii. 295. 



Vern. : — Khor (Sind.) ; Kumta (Rajputana.) 



Habitat : — Sind and A j mere. 



A small, thorny tree. Bark smooth thin, pale, greenish-grey, 

 yellowish under the broad dark flakes which peel off. Wood 

 hard ; sapwood yellowish-white heartwood nearly black, 

 irregular. Infra-stipular spines 3, stout, conical, very sharp, 

 dark-brown, shining, the two lateral straight, the third recurved. 

 Branches flexuose, glaucous-grey. Leaf rachises not above 

 an inch long, with a gland at the base, one between the upper 

 pair of pinnae. Pinnae 3-5 pair. Leaflets 8-10 pair, grey, 

 ciliate, rigidly subcoriaceous, |-in. long. Spikes pendulous, 

 2-3in. long, not very dense. Flowers fragrant, white. Anthers 

 lemon-yellow. Calyx Aim, campanulate, glabrous, deeply 

 toothed. Pod 3 by fin., thin, grey, indehiscent, 5-6-seeded, 

 narrowed suddenly into a short stalk. 



Part used : — The gum. 



Use : — The gum is used as a demulcent and emollient. It 

 is used externally to cover inflamed surfaces, such as burns, 

 sore nipples, &c, and it blunts the acridity of irritating matters 

 by being blended with them. The powdered gum has also 

 been found useful in checking haemorrhage from leech bites, 

 and when blown up the nostrils it checks severe epistaxis. 



Internally, it has been found useful in inflammations of the 

 gastric and intestinal mucous membrane. If held in the month 

 in the form of a special preparation, the gum is found service- 

 able in allaying cough, thus affording relief. Its influence as 

 a demulcent is supposed to extend even to the urinary organs. 

 The gum has also been recommended as a substitute for amy- 

 laceous food in diabetes, since it is not converted into sugar, 

 it does but not appear to have been attended with any appreci 

 able benefit (Watt). 



