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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
£7se:--The bark, powdered and mixed with Margosa oil, is 
considered by the Vytians a valuable application to old and 
obstinate ulcers. [Ainslie]. The gum beaten up with cocoa- 
nut milk, is applied to sprains and bruises, and the leaves 
boiled in oil are used for a similar purpose [Wight], 
In the Indian Pharmacopoeia the astringent properties of 
the bark are noticed, and its use as a lotion in impetiginous 
eruptions and obstinate ulcerations. The late Dr. Bholanath 
Bose recommended a decoction of the bark as an astringent 
gargle. Powdered bark used for leprous ulcers as a paste 
in Ratnagiri. 
The juice of the green branches, in a four-ounce dose 
mixed with two ounces of tamarind, is given as an emetic 
in cases of coma or in insensibility produced by opium or other 
narcotics [Taylor’s Topography of Dacca.] 
A decoction of the bark is useful internally in some cases 
of atonic dyspepsia and general debility, particularly if it is 
combined with tincture of gentian, calumba, &c. [Moodeen 
Sheriff]. 
In Burma, a decoction of the bark is used for tooth-ache. 
In some parts of the Madras Presidency and Burma, the 
leaves are used for all local swellings and pains of the body. 
They are first boiled and then applied. 
3Sl.~Semecarpus anacardium, Linn. f. h.f.b.i., 
ii . 30 , Roxb. 268 . 
Sans. : — Bhalldtaka, Arushkara. 
Arab. : — Habbul-fahm. 
Pers. : — Bil&dur. 
Vern. : — Bhete, bhilaura (H.) ; Bhela, bhelatuki (B.) ; BhaJlia 
(Uriya) ; Konghi (Lepcha) ; Bhilavan (Dec.) ; Shenkottai, sherdn- 
kottai (Tam.); Jidi-Vittulu (Tel); Cherun kuru (Mai.) ; Giru 
(Kan.); Bibba(Bomb-) ; Bhiamu, (Guz.) 
Eng . : — The Marking-Nut Tree. 
