220 Punealae.--A plant, "Flacourtia Catafracta;" the fruit of which
resembles the Zerdaloo, and is itself like to the Neemb tree; the
leaves are like those of the ratan; unripe, it is green, but when
ripe red.
221 Poiey.--"Basella Alba et Rubra." A culinary vegetable which
grows slow and creeping; its fruit is black; cool and moist; it is
heavy and rough in the throat, thickens the voice, is soporific;
promotes the secretion of semen and mucus, and cures eruptions from
bilious disorder.
222 Podhka or Boleserie.--A large tree with very beautiful flowers,
of a sweet smell. It bears fruit like, or rather having the color
of the orange, in size and shape like the Baer, or Bulooth; it is
cool, beneficial in disorders of phlegm, bile, and affections of the
teeth, as has been ascertained by experience. The fruit is cool and
astringent, flatulent, and diminishes phlegm and bile. If chewed and
kept in the mouth, it cures tooth-ache.
223 Boont.--"Cicer Arietenum." The green, unripe Gram. It is in the
opinion of Indian physicians cool and dry; allays chordee; increases
wind; is light, flatulent, and also favors secretion of bile and
blood. The Yunani physicians differ very materially from those of
Hindoostan respecting its properties.
224 Potie.--"Cyprinus Chyssopareius," (Buch.) A very small fish; heavy,
and increasing phlegm; it is the smallest of all fish; sweet to the
taste, beneficial in all the three secretions, All the varieties of
small fish are strengthening and aphrodisiac; stomachic, and useful
in affections of wind and cough.