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Should there be any subject on which you wish for information 

 from Kelantan at any time, I hope you will let me know, as 1 always 

 enjoy having some work of this kind on hand. 



Trusting that you will excuse my troubling you with this letter. 

 I have, etc., 



K. W. THOMSON. 



NOTES RE MALAY MATERIA MEDICA. 



Given by Haji Ahmad, Kampong Lipang, Kelantan. 



Minyak Jarak (Castor-oil).— Used for inflammation of 

 muscles. 



Minyak Kayu Gharu.— Used for shooting pains in the 

 stomach. 



Glang Pasir {Eugenia sp).— Roots used for general debility. 

 Bermin {Herpestes monnieria) .—Leaves used for thread-worms. 

 Akar Tempu or Tempu Ranak [Rubus moluccanus).— 'Roots 



used in case of a mild stroke of paralysis. 

 Akar Jolong Hitam.— Roots used for malarial fever. 

 Poko' Ekor Kuching and Poko' Ekor Pari.— Roots used for 



pain about the kidneys. 

 Akar Kemian Hantu.— Roots used for syphilis (? or for 



leprosy). 



Rumput Sabueh.— Used for relieving excess of phlegm, boiled 



With Kemian Arab, and the liquid drunk. 

 Akar Sumpu Darah.— Roots used for colic attended with 



constipation. 



Akar P r j k Kra {Nepenthes).— Used for remittent fever, 

 rubbed on a grindstone and the liquid drunk while at the 

 same time "Klat Benar " pisangs are eaten. 



Ribu-ribu.— Used 

 the leaves 

 over the ,.._.„ 



Chendawan Merah.— Used for skin disease which causes the 

 skin to peel off-— heat it over a fire together with the 

 leathers of Cotton Teal, add some oil of pa"di husk ( ? the 

 volatilised essence), and spread it over the patches of 

 diseased skin. 



He gaga {Hydrocotyle asiatica).— Leaves used for Asthma— 

 take the leaves with some leaves of both kinds of Ruku ruku 

 Wcmum) (R. padang and R. hutan), three strips of Bawang 

 r uten and three strips of Halia Merah, chew them and spit 

 jnem out on to the four "cardinal points" of the patient's 

 bod nchest, back and sides). 



