130 Patera, usually called PatËla, a name of Birdee, a reed, growing
in marshy places, used for making mats. It grows about a man's height,
sometimes higher, and about the thickness of one's finger. Its ashes
are peculiarly drying, and in quality dry and moist; if sprinkled
over a sore, they quickly dry it up; if mixed with vinegar, dried,
pounded, and applied to a carbuncle, it will cure it. They are also
useful in Ukula and Nufsoodum.
131 Patung.--A large tree, a native of the hills; its leaves are
like that of the almond, and its flowers yellow. The fruit round,
and of a dirty green color when young, becoming red as it ripens,
and sweet to the taste.
Physicians of Yunan have described it as hot, useful in
bilious affections, mucus, and blood; also in boils and
eruptions. A. Bukkum. The wood is used by dyers. In the Topha it is
written, that in the quantity of 15 masha it is a deadly poison. Its
powder is excellent as an application to wounds and ulcers. A bath
formed of a decoction of the wood, clears the surface of the body,
and gives strength to the bones.
132 Putrudj.--A very common leaf, in length from three to five inches,
and in breadth two inches; of a green color, and pleasant smell; it
is strongly marked by veins, and is brought from the hills. It is hot
and light, useful in wind and piles, nausea, pain at the stomach,
flatulence, and is cardiac. A. Sadielj Hindui. Laurus Cassia,
W. Tamalapatra, S. Tezpat, H. Tez (the bark), H. Twacha, S.
133 Pithpapra.--Oldenlandia biflora. Bitter, cool, light, and in its
effects astringent; beneficial in affections and disorders of bile,
mucus, and blood; also in general heat; useful in giddiness, thirst,
and fever; it generates flatulence. A. Shaterra.