The Taleef shereef, or Indian materia medica [by Muḥammad Sharîf Khân] tr. by G. Playfair. (Med. and phys. soc. of Calcutta). |
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Page 169 - in dispelling inflammatory swellings of the joints from acute rheumatism, and of the testicles from suppressed gonorrhoea.
Page 99 - the calx of metals. For this reason too, I am in the habit of seldom giving these remedies internally, but I usually confine my use of them to external application, and as aphrodisiacs, which I prescribe to a few friends, who may have derived no benefit from Yunani prescriptions. It is better,
Page 26 - It is very generally used throughout India, in many ways, both in its native and prepared state ; but in the latter we ought to be very cautious, for it is seldom sufficiently killed, or removed from its native state, in which it is a dangerous drug.
Page 146 - It is commonly used by physicians in India, but my advice is to have as little to do with it as possible.
Page 141 - the cure of piles, and for producing easy labour ; drinking water from a cup made of the horn will also cure the piles. P.
Page 96 - In the opinion of Indian physicians, it is useful in all kinds of seminal weakness, in swellings, in Juzam, epilepsy, diabetes, stone in the bladder, and in gravel. The Sillajeet is often mixed with lime, but the adulteration is discovered by the change of color. Some have said that it is the urine of the wild
Page 96 - as much as is clean, and preserved in another new vessel; this too is placed in the sun, well protected from dust, till it becomes dry. This is the Sut Sillajeet, and what remains in the first vessel is again purified in the same manner for three different times, and each time the pure drug is dried as
Page 167 - also bruised ; put the whole into a vessel, cover the vessel with a cloth, all except the mouth; lute this cloth well with soft clay, and place it in the sun to dry. When perfectly dry, put it on the fire, (let the mouth of the vessel
Page 96 - is rutting, is discharged on the stones and evaporated by the sun's heat. It is found in small quantities, of a black color.
Page 99 - The Yunani physicians do not allow this to form a part of their prescriptions, as they believe it destroys the vital principle