453 Dumna.--A kind of Murzunjoosh, called also Dawna; its leaves
have a finer smell than the flower, and are very numerous. It is an
antidote to poisons; useful in disorders of the blood and the three
secretions, Juzam, nausea, and watery itch. Its properties are hot,
and it is hurtful to those of the like temperament. Its smell causes
dryness of the brain. The wild Dawna is the most powerful.
454 Dundundana.--A shrub about a yard high; its leaves like those
of the Baer. It is a trefoil, and in the centre of the three leaves
there is a capsule, which when ripe breaks and discharges the seed;
it is of a whitish brown color, some more white than others; its seed
resembles those of the safflower, but is longer and more broad. It
is used as an ingredient in the first medicine given to a child at
its birth to clear its bowels.
455 Doon also Shittb·ra.--The latter is white and cool; cures acne,
disorders of mucus, bile, blood, thirst, and general heat. "Poa
Cynosuroides."
456 Doodhee called also DukdÚka.--A grass of two kinds. The first
kind does not rise from the ground; its leaves green; its fibres very
small. The leaves like the Til. If the branch is broken, a white juice
exudes like milk; from this it has derived its name; it grows about
a span in diameter. The second kind has red branches, and is much
about the size of the other; the first is the hottest and best. It
is dry, heavy, and aphrodisiac; cures affections of wind and mucus,
also Juzam and worms. It is flatulent; and a third kind of it called
Mydha SeËngie; also a fourth JhËnawurha.
From the Maadentezerrubad.
Doodhee is of three kinds: The first large, called Meendha doodee;
its tree like the Bael; its fruit like the Aak, and like it too,
there is a cottony substance contained in it. Its flowers are white,
and milk exudes from its broken branches. If the cottony substance
be applied to the piles, and the patient seated over a hot place,
that the cotton become well heated, it will cure the complaint. Its
leaves are like the Paan. The second kind is very small, and remains
spread on the ground; its branches are red, and its leaves thin; it is
beneficial in gonorrhoea and in ulcers of the urethra. If it is bruised
and eaten for a year, in the quantity that can be held in the palm of
the hand, it will be aphrodisiac, increase the secretion of semen,
make the hair black, and preserve the eyesight. The 3rd kind grows
to the height of 7 or 8 inches, and is useful in seminal weakness
and diabetes. If 9 mashas be taken with sugar, it will be useful in
remedying a too hurried seminal evacuation and heartburns. The second
kind is cool and dry. "Euphorbia hirta."
457 Doodee.--A name for Hubb-ul-neel. A purgative seed, beneficial
in affections of bile, mucus, piles, worms in the belly and rectum,
in badgola, and is an antidote to poisons.
458 DoÛdputeya.--A name for Chirkakolie, another kind of which is
called Kakolie.
459 Doodka.--A name for Doorie; cures superabundance of wind, mucus,
phlegm, piles, worms, Badgola, and is an antidote to poisons.
460 Dhamin or Dhunoon.--A prickly tree, astringent and light, and
useful in disorders of phlegm, bile, blood, and in cough.