248 Bhang.--"Canabis Sativa;" a name for Kainib, called also Bidjia; it
is pungent, bitter, hot, light, and astringent; it promotes appetite,
cures disorders of phlegm, produces idiotism; is the cause of foolish
speech and conduct, or in other words, it intoxicates; if used in
excess it produces fever, and it increases all the deleterious effects
of poison.
The author of the Dhar· Shekoi says, that when he was digging
the foundation of a house in Bengal, he found a board, on which
the effects of this drug was written, and on this it was recorded,
that Mahadeo used constantly to eat of this, and that from its use,
he derived the wonderful aphrodisiac power, with which he was gifted;
he says he has tried it, and found it very beneficial.
Take of Bidjia 64 tolahs, when the sun is in the division Sirtaam,
white sugar 32 tolahs, and pure honey 16 tolahs, cow's ghee 34
tolahs. First fry the Bidjia in the ghee, then add the honey in a
boiling state, afterwards the sugar: use this in moderate doses daily,
and when it has been used for two months, strength and intelligence
will have become increased, and every propensity of youth restored;
the eye-sight cleared, and all eruptions of the skin removed; it will
prove an exemption from convulsions and debility, and preserve the
bowels at all times in a state of order. It will likewise give an
additional zest for food.