432 Cheetah.--"Valerian? Plumbago Zeylanica or Plumbago Rosea, W." A
medicine; one kind of which is red, the other purple; inside of a
yellowish color; both woods are very thin, and both are pungent,
bitter, dry, light, astringent, stomachic, and increase the powers
of digestion. The red kind, mixed with strong vinegar, and rubbed
hard on the spots of white leprosy till blisters arise, will have
the effect of removing the complaint. A. Sheetrudj.