250 Bhendi.--A very common vegetable of the culinary kind, from 2 to
3 inches in height: very mucilaginous. It is sweet; produces wind and
phlegm; it diminishes bile; is diuretic, and increases the seminal
secretion. "Hibiscus Esculentus."
251 Phaar.--The author of the Cashmee calls it the medicine of Shaik
Furried, because it was a great favorite of his. It is common at
Agra and Delhi; it is bitter, and difficult of digestion, and hot; it
cures fever from phlegm and bile, also diarrhoea and indigestion, and
cholicky pains in the bowels. Its virtues are many, but too numerous
for the compass of this work. The people of Hindost'han use it as a
culinary vegetable with much benefit.