279 Bealduntuck.--A name for Kh·rkh˙suck, meaning a snake's tooth. This
is known to every one.
280 Peeche.--Congee, or rice water; it is cool and allays thirst;
it is proper food for the sick; drank with rose water, Beelemoosk
and sugar, or with pomegranate sherbet, it produces cold, strengthens
the circulation, and entirely allays general heat.
281 Beerbahootie.--An insect very common in the rainy season,
resembling scarlet velvet; hot in the 3rd and moist in the 2nd deg. One
insect, with the legs taken off, ate with Paan, is very efficacious
in paralytic disorders, and other complaints from cold. Bruised and
mixed with water, it is used as an aphrodisiac, in seminal weakness,
&c. Its oil is also used as an external application in debility brought
on by onanism, and for giving strength to the muscular fibres. Its
succed. is the Kinchua.
"I have prescribed the Beerbahootie with decided good effects in
paralysis, commencing with one and increasing to three or four in
the day: 1 or 2 given with a little pounded nutmeg is said to be very
efficacious in spasms in the bowels of children."
282 Talmukara, or Talmukana.--"Bartleria longifolia." A seed,
very small, and like the zeera, red, the color of Toodrie, but the
Toodrie is round, whereas this is longish and smaller. The plant
is knotted like a reed, and has prickles on the joints. The flower
is like the lotus, but is whiter. It is cool and heavy; increases
seminal secretion, and cures disorders of wind and blood; it forms
an ingredient in all aphrodisiac formulÊ; it is taken mixed with
cow's milk, either cold or boiled. In the Maadentezerrabad, it is
thus described.
Talmukana is a medicine of India; its seed of a brown color, like that
of the Anjera; cool and moist; used as an aphrodisiac, in cases of
seminal weakness, in gonorrhoea, and in chancres. It is astringent;
strengthens the system; is flatulent, and not easy of digestion:
its corrector is sugar; its succed. Moosliesia. The dose six masha.
283 Taal, or Taar.--"Borassus Flabelliformis." A very high tree, about
60 feet, more or less; very common in the Deccan and in Bengal. At
Agra it is more common than at Delhi; the leaves grow at the top of
the stem; they are broad and long; and of these are formed Punkahs,
which are much esteemed and carried to various parts. They are also
used for writing upon; its fruit is like the cocoanut; the kernel
of the fruit is cut into pieces, and ate with sherbet and sugar;
it is very sweet to the taste, and is called the Tirkool.
The upper part of the stem of the fruit is cut across, and the
liquid which exudes from the wound, received into earthen vessels
called Labnahs, and these fill several times in the course of the
day. This liquor is called Taarie: when fresh drawn and before the sun
is above the horizon, it is sweet to the taste; but it soon becomes
fermented, and is then intoxicating. It is cool and moist, beneficial
in disorders of wind and bile, also in boils and eruptions. It is
both aperient, and aphrodisiac. A liquor distilled from the Taarie,
is to be preferred: roasted or stewed meat should be eaten along with
it. It produces pains in the limbs, and heaviness of the head, and
is as intoxicating as spirits. The fruit is sweet and cool, heavy and
flatulent, causes pains in the limbs, cures affections of wind, bile,
blood, and bruises; it relieves general heat, and allays thirst. Its
seed is also sweet, cool, and diuretic; useful in disorders of wind
and bile. P. Khoormae Aboojile, or Khoormae Hindee. A. it is called
Doom, but the author of the Munhage says, that Doom means the Googul
tree. The Maadentezerrubad thus describes it: taar is a tree like
the date tree; its leaves about a yard long; the kernel of the fruit
is often sold for the sea cocoanut. The juice of this tree is the
taarie, so well known; it is equally hot and cold, and moist in the
2nd degree. It is aphrodisiac and diuretic, induces corpulency, and if
taken to excess produces intoxication and head-ache. If fresh drawn,
it is sweet and less intoxicating; but allowed to remain for a night,
it becomes acid, and then it is very inebriating. The fresh taarie
improves the complexion, moistens the brain; is beneficial in hectic
fever, in difficulty of breathing, in depression of the spirits,
and is aperient. If allowed to remain long, it becomes sour, smells
very strong; is heating, and causes vomiting and indigestion.
In the Lyzuttoor rejal, it is thus mentioned: taarrie is an
intoxicating produce of the taar tree, very common to the eastward. The
tree resembles the date tree, but its leaves are different: when fresh,
the taarie is hot and moist, induces corpulency; is aphrodisiac,
diuretic, and when it has acquired a strong smell, is intoxicating,
and in that state, it is very heating, and produces indigestion,
with heaviness of the brain. The sherbet of the pomegranate allays
vomiting brought on by its use. Its succedaneum is a decoction of
dates called Sendhi.
284 Taalesputter.--A name of Talesphir; of this there are many
and various accounts, some call it the leaf of the wild olive,
zeatoon, and others call it the bark of the Lissaan nulaej safeer,
or Biss'bassa. The author of the Topha says, that he considers it the
same as the Tewaje Kutai. The people of India deem it hot, light,
aphrodisiac, stomachic, promoting digestion, curing difficulty of
breathing, cough, disorders of phlegm, badgola, and hectic fever.
285 Tanbirr.--"Copper." It is sweet, cool, light, and aperient:
cures disorders of bile and phlegm; useful in marasmus, Juzam, piles,
asthma, swellings, cough, and ague. It is caustic, and in A. is called
Nowhass. P. Miss. The physicians of India use it in a calcined form,
and speak much in its favour. If it be properly prepared, it will
be soluble in water. In my opinion, if it does not produce heat
in the blood, nausea, pains in the bones, and joints, giddiness,
and confusion of ideas, it will be fortunate, and will be a sign,
that it has been well prepared; and should it stand both these tests,
it may be used with comparative safety.
286 Taberuck.--A tree, the produce of Arabia; its fruit and flower
resembling the rose; during digestion it is bitter and hot; removes
bile, and blisters, and seminal debility.