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as a rubefacient. I bave used them successfully for the cure 
of the form of herpes, known as dhobie’s itch ( Surgeon-Major 
Dympck, p. 188). When made into a paste, they are used as a 
remedy for ringworm. 
The flowers are .astringent, depurative, diuretic, and aphro- 
disiac ; as a poultice, they are used to disperse swellings and 
promote diuresis and the menstrual flow. They are given 
to eneiente women in cases of diarrhoea, and are applied ex- 
ternally in orchitis. 
The leaves are described by the M akhzan-ul-Adwiya as 
astringent, tonic, and aphrodisiac, are used to disperse boils 
and pimples, and are given internally in flatulent colic, worms, 
and piles. 
The bark, iccording to Rheede’s Hortus Malabaricus, is given 
in conjunction with ginger in cases of snhke-bite. 
“ I have tried the seeds of B. frondosa internally in numer- 
ous cases, and they are neither purgative nor febrifuge, at least 
not in one-drachm doses,- — the largest quantity I have yet 
used. There is, however, no doubt that they are anthelmintic, 
at least to some extent. Administered in powder, morning 
and evening, for 2 or 3 days, and followed by a dose of some 
purgative, they generally expel from 1 to 3 or 4 round-worms, 
but failure is more frequent than success. That these seeds 
are not powerful enough to act always against the worms, is 
proved by the expulsion of the latter in large numbers in 
many cases by the use of santonine immediately after having 
failed with butea seeds. Both the kernel and the testa of the 
seeds possess the anthelmintic property. Dose of the powder 
for an adult from 30 grains to 1 drachm. Four grains is an 
average dose for a child of 4 years. 
The inspissated juice of this plant (the Butea Kino of Indian 
commerce) is a good astringent, and as such is useful in all 
the complaints in which the true Kino is indicated. It has 
been used in the same forms as those of the latter, but in 
somewhat larger doses, — viz., from 15 to 40 grains ( Honorary 
Surgeon Moodeen Sheriff, Khan Bahadur, Madras). 
