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154                            TREATISE ON ELEPHANTS.

List of Drugs employed in the Treatment of Elephants—continued.

Drugs.

Hindustani.

Burmese.

USES.

DOSES.

Remarks.

Internal.

External.

Steel.

Siymm.

Gilchrist

Moringa bark and
roots

Munge— Steel.
Sengna—
Khory

Stimulant, diuretic, parti-
cularly indicated in dropsy
with debility—Steel. In
cough—Khory

Application for contusions.
Promotes absorption.
Stimulant to sloughing
wounds — Steel. As
poultice acts as rubefa-
cient to reduce swell-
ings, relieve rheumatic
pains, etc.—Khory

...

...

1 to 4
lbs.

...

Moringa pterygo-
spermca

Moringa flowers ...

Sengna ka phul

Tonic, diuretic : increases
flow of bile—Khory

Moringa leaves ...

Shegata pan—
Khory

As poultice; useful in
reducing glandular swell-
ings. It always pro-
duces a blister—Khory

Mustard

Rai

Digestive, emetic in large
doses — Slymm. Stimu-
lant, anti-spasmodic

Stimulant—Steel. Rube-
facient, counter-irritant

...

2 to 6
lbs.

...

1 to 4
drs.

Seeds of sinapis
alba and nigra

Mustard oil

...

Mild aperient—Khory

Stimulant, anti-fly dressing,
removes scurf and lice—
Khory

Myrrh

Bol — Steel.
Heerabole

Stimulant and tonic—Steel.
Expectorant—Slymm. In
chronic cough—Tuson.
Astringent and detergent
Khory

Traumatic—Steel. Exci-
tant, deodorizer—-tuson

2 drs. to
1 oz.

1 to 4
tolas

...

4 drs.

Gum resinous exu-
dation from the
stem of Balsamo-
dendron myrrha
Tuson

Nutmeg

Jaephul

Carminative—Slymm. Sti-
mulant, digestive tonic,
astringent—Khory

...

...

4 to 6
tolas

...

1 to 4
drs.

Seeds of myristica
officinalis

Nux vomica

Kuchla—
Slymm.
Kuchila—
Khory

Nervine tome—Steel. Sti-
mulant —Slymm. Astrin-
gent—Khory. In chronic
rheumatism, paralysis,
chronic diarrhoea and
dysentery. Good vermi-
fuge— Khory

...

½ to 2
drs.

¼ to 2
tolas

½ to 2
drs.

½ to 1½
drs.

Seeds of strychnos
nux vomica

Oil, cinnamon

Darchini ka
tel, taj ka tel

Stimulant. In diarrhœa—
Khory. Anthrax.

Stimulant, rubefacient— Khory

...

...

...

1 dr.

Oil from cinnamo-
mum zeylanicum

Olive oil

...

Laxative, nutritive, emol-
lient, vehicle—Tuson

Emollient, vehicle—Tuson

...

...

...

...

From Olea Euro-
pœa

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