N. 0. LABIAT/E. 101 



used successfully in the treatment of diseases of urinary organs 

 (Christy's N. L. P. No. X, p. 104, 1887). 



974. Goleus aromaticus, Benth., H.F.B.I., IV. 625. 



Syn. : — Plectranthus aromaticus, Roxh. 466. 



Sans. : — Pashana bhedi. 



Vern. : — Pathar chur (H.) ; Pater-chur (B.) ; Pathor chur, 

 pathiir chur, owa (B.) ; Karpura valli (Tel.) ; Panacha onva (Mar.). 



Habitat : — Cultivated throughout India. 



A perennial herb, shrubby below, hispidly villous or tomen- 

 tose. Stem l-3ft., fleshy. Leaves l-2in., petioled, broadly ovate 

 or cordate, crenate, fleshy, very aromatic. Flowers shortly 

 pedicelled, |in. long, whorls distant, densely man y-fid. Upper 

 Calyx-lip ovate, acute membranous, lower acuminate. Corolla 

 pale purplish, tube short, throat inflated, lips short. Stamens 

 shortly exserted. Fruiting Calyx sub-erect. 



Uses : — " Said by Sanskrit writers to have a specific action 

 on the bladder and to be useful in urinary diseases, vaginal dis- 

 charges, etc." (U. C. Dutt). It is employed in Cochin China, 

 according to Lourero (Flor. Cochin , p 452), in asthma, chronic 

 coughs, epilepsy and other convulsive affections. Dr. Wight 

 {Illust. vol. ii,) speaks of it as a powerful aromatic carminative 

 given in cases of colic in children, in the treatment of which the 

 expressed juice is prescribed mixed with sugar or other suitable 

 vehicle. In his own practice he observed it to produce so 

 decidely an intoxicating effect that the patient, an European 

 lady, who had taken it on native advice for dyspepsia, had to 

 discontinue it, though otherwise benefiting under its use. The 

 Rev. J. Long (Journ. AgrL-Hort. Soc. India, 1858, vol. x , 

 p. 23; also notices its intoxicating properties, and states that 

 the people of Bengal employ it in colic and dyspepsia. (Ph. 

 Ind.) It is much employed (in Ceylon) as a medicine, especially 

 for cattle, and a plant is always to be found growing in a little 

 box suspended on the sides of native carts (Trimen). Used for 

 claret, champagne, and moselle cup — as a flavouring adjunct 

 (K. R. K.) 



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