104 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
certainly save them from the cost of the supply of Europe 
mustard for external use. The plant grows well with ordinary 
care.” 
“ The fresh root-bark of this plant is also a very good 
rubefacient and vesicant, but it is rather too dear and not 
procurable in large quantities. The bark of the stem is very 
thick (from 1 to 2 inches when fresh, and from | to 1 inch 
when dry), greenish brown on the outer side, and grey or 
pale-white internally and on the inner side, and almost tasteless 
and odourless. It is one of those barks which can be easily 
reduced to a coarse powder immediately after its removal- from 
the stem.” iMoodeen Sheriff). 
The bark of the stem and root of this plant constitute 
the principal medicine of the Hindoo Pharmacopoeia for calcu- 
lus affections. It is said to promote the appetite, decrease the 
secretion of the bile, act as laxative and remove disorders of 
the urinary organs. (U. C. Dutt). 
In Bombay, the leaves are used as a remedy for swelling 
of the feet, and a burning sensation in the soles of the feet * i! ’ 
The leaf-juice is given in rheumatism in the Concan, in doses of 
£ to 3 tolas, mixed with cocoanut juice and Ohi. In caries of 
the bones of the nose, the leaf is smoked and the smoke 
exhaled through the nose. The bark and the leaf pounded 
and tied in a cloth are used as a fomentation in rheumatism 
(Dyrnock). 
90 . Gadaba indica , Lamk. h.f.b.i. i., 172 . 
Syn. : — Stroemeria tetrandra Vahl. Roxb. 267. 
Fern. : — Kodhab (Sindh, and Hindi) ; Habab (Bomb.) Che- 
moodda (Tel.). 
Habitat : — Western Peninsula, Sind, Concan, Deccan and 
Coromandal Coast, on old walls and in waste dry places. 
A shrub often straggling or half-climbing, much-branch- 
ed, glabrous or pubescent. “ Bark brown, sometimes rough, 
