127 Papotun.--A plant, about a yard high; its seed is like that of the
nightshade, at first green, and when ripe, red; in appearance like
the Goonchee, covered with a very thin capsule. The leaves heated
and applied to swellings are discutient, and the root pounded and
mixed with water, applied to the carbuncle or introduced on a seton,
will effect a cure in a few days.
128 Paethaon.--Called also Culsi or Breshtpirnie. A medicine of India;
sweet, hot, light, and aphrodisiac; remedies laxities of the bowels
and abrasions of the intestines. It decreases general heat, allays
thirst, and is useful in affections of wind, mucus, bile, nausea,
and fever. In the Dhinteri, it is said to be pungent, and beneficial
in asthma, phlegm, and dropsy.