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COLLOQUY XXVII. 
De duas Maneiras de hervas, &c. 
[Of the two kinds of herbs used for fluxes, the names of which are 
given in this colloquy, and of a herb which will not allow itself to 
be touched without withering.] 
(1) [The bark and seeds of Holarrhcena antidysenterica^ Wall.'^ A 
well-known shrub in Indian jungles.] 
Called corn {Jchao hurro) by the Canarins (Kanarese) ; herva 
do Malavar by the Portuguese. {Tcutaja, Sansk. ; hureya, Hind. ; 
hurachi^ Beng.) 
A distilled preparation of the powdered bark of the root was a 
remedy for cholera. Garcia sets forth in some detail the treatment of 
diarrhoea, &c., with this drug, by the Portuguese, and describes the 
rougher preparation of it by the natives ; the latter, he says, proving 
tlie more effectual of the two. He mentions also that the natives some- 
times added opium and nutmeg. The drug was also used in medicines 
for vomiting and for weakness of the stomach. 
[References. — Clusius (Acosfa), p. 29 ; Ainslie, i., p. 88 ; Khory, 
p. 37.] 
(2) Avacari. 
[The information given about this plant is too slight for certain 
identification, but I venture to suggest that it may be asva karana, 
Sansk., namely, the sal, 8horea rohusta, Roxb.^] 
Garcia says that from the root of this plant a drug was prepared 
which was very efficacious in diarrhoea of old standing. 
(The resin of the sal is recognized as a detergent and astringent by 
native practitioners.) 
[Reference. — Khory, p. 177.] 
(3) The herb which will not allow itself to be touched without 
withering. 
(The sensitive plant — Mimosa pudica, Linn.) 
Garcia simply describes the well-known property of this plant, 
adding that it is not medicinal. 
[References. — Clusius {Acosta), p. 81; Linschoten, ir., p. 70 ; Bontius 
and Fiso, lib. vi., p. 119, fig.]. 
1 Waring, pp. 138, 455, has some important notes on the subject of the botanical 
history of this plant. 
