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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
Use : — The fruit or seed is said to be stomachic. The roots 
are a valuable remedy in the cure of itch (Murray). In Kash- 
mir, the fruit is used in decoction to cure the rot in sheep. The 
plant is considered heating. In Bombay, the hakims use the 
fruit as stimulant and carminative. It is said to promote ex- 
pulsion of the foetus (Dymock). It also possesses diuretic pro- 
perties (Bindley). 
The roots are used as diuretic and emmenagogue by some 
hakims (Dr. Emerson). 
578. Angelica glaaca, Edgw. h . f . b . i ., ii . 706. 
Habitat : —From Kashmir to Simla ; also in the Dhaula Dhar 
Range, above the Kangra Valley. 
Vern. : — Chora or Chura (Pb.). 
Herbs usually tall, glabrous, 4-12ft. Leaves I-2-3-pinnate, 
pinnae toothed, usually large. Bracts several, lin., linear ; 
bracteoles many, Jin. Umbels compound, rays often 20-30, 
l-3in. ; equal ; pedicels hardly half as long as the fruit. Calyx- 
teeth obsolete ; petals obovate, emarginate, white or lurid- 
purple. Fruit \ by Jin., sub-quadrate ; dorsal and intermediate 
ridges approximate, rounded, somewhat corky; furrows 1-vittate ; 
commissure 2-4 vittate ; carpels plane on the inner face. 
Seed less than tV 0 - wide, but about twice as wide as thick, 
almost grooved on the inner face. 
Use : — Not used in native practice ; but formerly used in 
Europe, and especially in France, as a cordial and stimulant 
remedy, in the cure of flatulence and dyspepsia. Also used in 
obstinate constipation, and in bilious complaints. 
579. Ferula narthex, Boiss, h.f.b.i., ii. 707. 
Syn. : — Narthex Asafoetida, Fate. F. Asafoetida, Linn. 
Vern. : — Hing (Beng. and Hind.) ; Hiltit (Arab.) ; Angoza 
(Pers.) ; Hingu (Sans.) ; Anghuzeh-i-lari (Pers.) ; Perungyam 
(Tam.) ; Inguva (Tel.) ; Hinga (Bom.) 
Habitat : — Kashmir. 
Perennial herbs, Stems 5-8ft. Leaves pubescent, at least 
