MEDICINAL PLANTS AND DRUaS, . 177 



stiay, with so much confidence, rely, as a safe, and, at the same time, an 

 aclive cathartic. It may be given, with propriety, in every case in which 

 that class of remedies is required, (unless when the most drastic are ne- 

 cessary,) and to patients of every age and constitution; for though it 

 seldom fails to produce the effedl intended, it operates without heat or 

 irritation. 



The oil should be expressed, in the manner diredled by the London 

 College, from the decorticated seeds, and without the assi^fah'ce'df heat 

 That which is obtained by boiling thb $6eds in; Water, is injured both in 

 smell and taste, and becomes sooner rancid than the" oil procured by ex- 

 pression, 



MuBiA Manjit'it. (Roxb. Ms.) Manjit'liyW \1, Manjishfha, S. 



Sp. Ch. — Pentandrous. Perennial. Scandent. Branches with four hispid 

 angles. Leaves quatejrn, long-petioledp edrdate;, actino^inB;te;, 5—7 ner^ved. His- 

 pid. (Roxb. Ms.) 



This species of madder is indigenous in JW^^/^ and is used by the dyers 

 and calico-printers, in the same manner as the Ruhia Tinctorum is in 

 'Europe. Parcels of it have been frequently sent to England, where it was 

 found equal ift quality to the' best 'Dutch madder. I know hot that it has 

 ever been tried here in medicine ; but, from its sensible qualities being the 

 same with those of the Ruhia 'tinctorum, there is reason to conclude that 



It may be found equally efficacious with that drugs ^s a deobstruent and 



^ -all ,rnol)h2 c • . 



emmenagogue, 



RuTA GnAVEOLENs, ("Vy,) SatuH, H. 



Murray, IIL 112. 



WO'ODVIXLE, IV 108.' 



(») Munjeet'h. 



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