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Uses :—' The dried leaves are used as a fumigatory for 
children suffering from catarrh ; powdered and in combination 
with aromatics they are given in dyspepsia; with the fresh 
leaves a tincture is made which is used as an external remedy 
in the lirst stages of paralysis. In the Punjab, the leaves are 
u ted as a remedy for rheumatic pains. Hue in all its forms is 
considered injurious to pregnant women. 
The herb and the oil act as stimulants chielJy of the uterine 
and nervous systems. Rue has also been regarded as an an- 
thelmintic. In large doses it is an aero-narcotic poison. 
When fresh its topical action is acrid, and if much handled it 
produces redness, swelling and even vesication. 
It may be given internally in hysteria, amenorrhuea, epilepsy, 
flatulent colic, Ac., and externally may be used as a rubefaci- 
ent. The oil is the best form for administration, but rue tea 
is a popular remedy. The dose of tbo powdered leaves is 10 
grs. to one drachm ; of the oil one to four minims. (Watt.) 
The dry rue leaves in the form of infusion and tincture arc 
beneficial in dyspepsia with flatulency, flatulent colic and 
slight cases of amenorrhoea ; the juice of the leaves has a 
distinct control over infantile convulsions. (Mooheen Sheriff.) 
Rue is used by Arabs in Palestine and Syria as a preventive 
of the ill affects of water drunk at unaccumstomed spiings : they 
either chew the leaves, or soak the plant in water. (Fullerton.) 
Rutin, which is obtained from Rue, and quercitrin, arc isomeric com- 
pounds of a composition represented by Herzig’s formula for the latter, 
C Jd H 31 0 10 +3 H, O. The product obtained by the decomposition of rutin 
with dilute mineral acids is named fsoqii ercetin, and differs in physical 
properties from quercetin, which is similarly prepared from qnercitrin. Iso- 
quercetin is l°ss soluble than quercetin, gives a dirty green coloration with 
ferric chloride which on warming turns bright red, whilst quercetin with 
ferric chloride forms a dark green solution which on warming becomes dark 
red. I. Ch. 8. 1807 A I. 433. 
220 . Peganum Hanuala, Linn, h.f.b.i., i. 486 . 
Vern : — Hurmul, haemal, isbaud-lahouri, lahouri-hurmul, 
(Hind); Isband (Beng); Hurmul, isbund-lahouri, lahouri- 
hurmul spelane. (P. B.) ; spail anai,, (Pushtu, ; spand, spoug, 
ispauthau, (N. Baluchistan); Hurmul, isbund-lahouri, lahouri- 
