N. 0. APOOYNAEOE. 
775 
The leaves are also administered with food as a remedy for 
rheumatism, and their juice to relieve cough. 
The root is considered to have the same properties as 
the leaves, and to be also diuretic ; it is given in dropsy 
along with other drugs. Dr. Mootooswamy gives the following 
formula as much used by native doctors: — Take of the root 
bark 3x, Tribulus terrestris fruits, root of Trianthema mono- 
gyna and Cephalandra indica 5a3. Beleric and chebulic myro- 
balans osss. Iron dross 3x. Goat’s urine gviii, water four seers, 
Make a decoction and keep it for several days in the oven. Dose 
2 to 3 ounces twice a day in as much water. 
A decoction of the root leaves and bark with an equal quan- 
tity of Acorns calamus, ajowan seeds and salt is recommended 
as a remedy for chronic diarrhsea and 1 to 1^ ounces of the 
juice obtained from the root bark, with three ounces of Goat’s 
milk, twice a day as a diuretic in dropsy. 
(Pharmacographia Indica, Vol. II. pp. 385 etseq.) 
“ A decoction of bark is given as an antiperiodic in ague 
with success. It is astringent and tonic. The leaves used for 
ulcers, and especially after small-pox.” (Surgeon-Major Lionel 
Beech, Cocanada.) 
“The root-bark is used in muscular rheumatism.” (Moodeliar, 
Madras.) 
N. 0. APOCYNACEiE. 
747. Carissa carandas, Linn, h.f.b.i., hi. 630 ; 
Roxb. 231. 
Sans. : — Karamardaka. 
Vern. : — Karaunda, garinga, karrona, timukhia, gotho (H.) ; 
Kurumia, karamchd, karenja, bainchi, tair (B.) ; Timukhia 
(N.-W. P.) ; Gotho (C. P.) ; Karinda, baranda, karwand (Bom.) ; 
Karavanda, boronda (Mar.) ; Karamarda, timbarran (GuzD ; 
Kendakeri, kerendo kuli (Uriya) ; Kalaka, kalapa(Tam.) ; Kalivi 
kaya, waaka (Tel.) ; Karekai, heggarjige (Kan.). 
Habitat : — Cultivated for its fruit throughout the drier sandy 
or rocky soils of India. 
