412 Chohara.--"The date. Phoenix Dactylifera." P. called KhoÛrma
sunshekun; aphrodisiac; it is ate with milk. If the ChÛhara is
bruised, and with salep and sugar boiled in milk, till nearly half
the milk shall be evaporated, then drank, it will be found useful as
an aphrodisiac, increasing the bulk of the solids, and if it digests
easily, it will be found peculiarly useful. If roasted and eat with
opium, it becomes astringent.
413 Chirr, and another kind, which is black; both are cold, and
useful in disorders of all the secretions, heat of the body, and
Juzam. P. Soombulutteeb.
414 Chereela.--In its properties it resembles SËleËchih, (Cassia
Lignea.) P. Ooshna.
415 Jhow.--A name of Turfa. If bruised and mixed with vinegar it
suppurates indolent swellings, and also scirrhous swellings of
the spleen.