A digest of the principles and practice of medicine : with a short account of the history of medicine, and tables of Indian materia medica / by Rustomjee Naserwanjee Khory.

  • Khory Rustomjee Naserwanjee.
Date:
1879
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    54. p. Himaj, jiss; Soufa (fennel), 5j; Suntlia (ginger), gr. xv. The Himaj should be fried in ghee, or castor oil, and the sonfa should be slightly heated; then they should be rubbed well to a fine powder. Dose, from jss to 3j. In mild cases of acute and chronic dysenteiy. 55. P> Harda (the ripe fruit of Terminalia cheobula), 5ij ; Beheda (the fruit of Terminalia bellerica), 5ij ; Amla (fruit of Phyllanthus emblica), 3j. The pericarp of the fruits to be bruised aud boiled in the usual way with a sufiicient quantity of water to prepare six ounces of decoction. Dose, gij to §iij of the decoction three times a day. 28. ManQostin (kind of fruit of Garciaia mangostiua) : 56. p. Mangostin, ; Dhania (coriander), 3ij; Sonfa (fennel), Sj. Bruise tlie ingredients, aud prepare ten ounces of decoction in the usual way. Dose, §1] to ^ij three times a day. In chronic diarrhoea and dysentery. 29. MoCHRAS (gum-resin of Bombay malaricum) : 57. Mochras, 3j ; Bela (dried pulp of ^Egle marmelos); Amba hatha (dried kernel of mango), 5j. Powder and mix. Dose, 3ss to 3ij. In dysentery and dysenteric diarrhoea. It is frequently combined with opium. 30. Hab6l-as (fruit of Myrtus communis) : 58. p> Habul-as, bruised, §ij ; Destllled water, gsij ; Sugar, gvj. Mace- rate the bruised seeds in water for three hours; then boil for half an hour; strain, add sufficient water to make six ounces, then add the sugar, and dissolve it by gentle heat. Dose of the syrup, gss to Sj. In diarrhoea and dysentery. 59. ^ Habul-as, 513; Khas-khas (seeds of Papaver somniferum), 5ij s Babul-gonda (gum from Acacia Arabica), 20; Kharuub (legume of Seratonia siliqua), 5ij. Reduce the ingredients to a fine powder. Dose, 5j to jiss. In diarrhoea and chi-onic dysentery. 31. Tabashib (siliceous substance from tbe joints of Bambusa arundinacea): 60. |o Tabashir, 5j ; Guldb-kali (dried buds of Eosa centifolia), 5] j Tukhmi-hamaz (seeds of Rumex vesicatoria), 5'iss; Gulnar (flowers of Puniea granatum), 3j; Babul gonda (gum arable), gr. 1. Reduce the ingredients to a fine powder. Dose, 5j to 3'j. In diarrhoea and passive haemorrhages. 61. p Tabashir, 5] ; Gahun-satva or Nisasta (fecula of Tritioum cesti- vum), 3j ; Babul-gond (gum arable), 5j ; Majuphal (galls), 553 ; Hira-dakhau (dragon's blood), jss. Reduce these to powder and mix. Dose, 3ss to 3ij. In diarrhoea, htemoptysis, menorrhagia, aud passive hajmorrhages. 64