199 Bunda.--Epidendrum Tessillatum, (Missletoe.) Epidendron
Tesseloides, (Roxb.) I know not whether this is in itself a tree,
or a shrub, or from whence it makes its appearance; but it is found
growing from the branches of other trees. It is dry, and beneficial
in disorders of mucus, wind, and blood; in boils and eruptions,
and as an antidote to poisons.
200 Pynvar or Toeroota.--A species of Cassia Obtusifolia. A wild shrub
of India, about one or one and a half yard high, its seed is used
for food, and is reckoned among the farinÊ; it grows like the Mooth,
especially when it is split down the middle. The color of the capsule
is brownish, long, and has an indented mark on both sides. It is sweet,
cool, dry, light, and useful in disorders of wind, bile, Juzam, Daad,
and worms. It also produces an exhilaration of the spirits. I have
found that three masha bruised, and mixed with a pound of curdled milk,
placed in an earthen vessel for three days, till it becomes fermented,
is very useful when externally applied in psora and other kinds of
itch. The seed is heating, and generally mentioned as such. It is
also light, and beneficial in itch, Daad, Zaerbad, Soorkhbad, and
produces phlegm. Its leaves and young stalks are light; and produce
flatulence and mucus. It is called by many Chukwund.
201 Ponauk.--An Indian flower, sweet and cool; useful in disorders
of the blood, bile, and mucus.
202 Punk.--In Arabic Vaheel. P. Lae, (wet clay). Cool and laxative;
useful in general heat in hemorrhoids, and in swellings of the body.
203 Bunbele.--The flower of the wild Raibele. It is astringent,
lithontriptic, and recommended in mucous and windy disorders, and in
suppression of urine.
204 Pindole.--A white earth, used for cleaning houses; sweet, cool,
moist, astringent, and beneficial in that species of leprosy, called
Soorkhbad; also in bilious disorders, and affections of the uterus. It
is also said to clear the complexion.
205 Pendaloo.--Trewia Nudiflora, (Lin.) Rottlera Indica, (Wild.) This
is of two kinds; a white, and a red. The latter is probably that called
Roomis, vide R.; the white is always called Pendaloo. It is sweet,
cool; difficult of digestion; aphrodisiac; useful in lessening bilious
secretion, in dysuria and heat, and in heightening the animal spirits.