A NOTE. 
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A NOTE. 
In his interesting report on Punjab Drugs [In Baden Powell’s Handbook of 
the Economic Products of the Punjab], the late Dr. Burton Brown wrote : — 
“ At the present day the native physicians have adopted, with some modi- 
fications, the idea of Galen respecting the method of operation of medicines ; 
this was, that the uses of all medicines were derived from their elementary or 
cardinal properties, —namely, heat, cold, moisture and dryness ; and that all 
diseases could also be classed under the above heads, but that in the treatment 
of disease a medicine should always be employed which was of a contrary 
nature to the disease treated ; thus a cold disease requires a hot remedy, and 
the converse. 
The following is a list of some of the drugs employed, showing their 
nature according to native ideas, and also the real use in European 
medicine. 
Cold Medicines. 
Scientific name. 
Native name. 
Use. 
Phyllanthus emblica ... 
Amla 
Astringent and acid pur- 
Rosa 
Gul surkh ... 
gative. 
Astringent. 
Rosa 
Gulfib ' 
Astringent and purgative. 
Citrus aurantium 
Narangi 
Astringent, tonic. 
Tamarindus indica 
Imli 
Refrigerant. 
Terminalia chebula 
Halela 
Astringent. 
Rhus coriaria 
SamSk 
Astringent. 
Semecarpus anacardium 
Hot Medicines. 
Bhiliwa 
Acrid. 
Corylus avellana 
Findak 
Demulcent. 
Dracocephalum Roylea- 
Bilangu ... 
Aromatic. 
num. 
Zingiber officinale 
South 
Aromatic. 
Moschus 
Mushk 
Aromatic. 
Aquillaria agallocha 
’O’d 
Tonic. 
Caryophyllus aromatica 
Karanful 
Aromatic. 
Amber 
Kahruba 
Tonic. 
Narcissus tazetta 
Nargas 
Acrid. 
Prunella sp— , 
Dry Medicines. 
TJstukhiidus 
Aromatic. 
Raw Silk 
Abresham ... 
Inert. 
Centaurea Behmen 
Bihman 
Tonic. 
Polypodium .;. 
Bisfaij 
Tonic. 
Dracocephalum Roylea- 
Bdlangu 
Aromatic. 
num. 
Psoralea corallifolia ... 
Bibehi 
Tonic. 
Lauras cinnamomum ... 
Dircln'ni 
Aromatic. 
Laurus cassia 
Taj 
Aromatic. 
Pastinaca 
Shakikul 
Demulcent. 
Crocus sativus 
Zafrdn 
Inert. 
Mentha sativa 
PudiDa 
Aromatic. 
Myristica moschata 
Jaiphal 
Aromatic. 
