166 Berehta or Berehti.--(Sorrel)? (but the first is the common
name.) Kuthai; some say, that both kinds of Kuthai are called Berehti;
but it is not so, the small kind only goes by that name. Karenta
and Kutla are both names of the large Kuthai, and Kuthlee; and
Kuntkaree and Kuntkalka, are names for the small Kuthai. It is hot
and astringent, strengthens the animal spirits; is stomachic, and a
pleasant addition to the flavor of food. It is used in disorders of
mucus and blood, wind, worms, ascarides in the rectum, Juzam, fever,
asthma, pain in the bowels, cough, dysuria, emaciation, Badgola. It
is lithontriptic, and in P. is called Badinjandyshtee. The flower
called Gulkhar.