462 Dhadahwun.--The name of a tree, useful in disorders of phlegm,
wind, poisons, Juzam, piles, and Sunpat. Sunpat is a disease consisting
of loss of sensation and universal chilliness and numbness.
463 Dhaw.--"Grislea Tomentosa, Roxb. Lythrum Fructicosum, Linn." A
prickly shrub, cool and useful in bilious disorders, mucus, piles,
marasmus, &c.
464 Dhawa.--A tree, the flowers of which are generally known; it
is also called Dhatki, bitter, pungent, astringent, cool, light,
and curing laxities of the bowels; useful in disorders of bile and
blood, and is an antidote to poison; is vermifuge, beneficial in acne,
and is a little intoxicating; it is also recommended in prolapsus
ani, menorrhagia, and hÊmorrhoides; it is said to be equal in its
properties.
465 Dhatura.--"Datura Metel. W. Datura Stramonium." A plant about a
yard high, more or less. It has numerous branches, like the Benghen
plant; it grows wild, and is also cultivated; its leaves are like those
of the Abassie; its seed vessel like the walnut, or rather larger;
it has small prickles on its surface, and is filled with seeds. There
are several kinds of it. One has a black flower, and also a blackish
seed vessel: another is white; the first is seldom met with, and is
the strongest of any; the flower is of the shape of the Toorhee,
(a wind instrument, a trumpet.) It is hot, heavy, and promotes
appetite, but produces vomiting; useful in disorders of phlegm,
poison, itch, worms, and nausea; clears the complexion, cures fevers,
Juzam, boils, and eruptions, as also many other disorders. It is a
very active poison; its corrector is cotton, leaf for leaf, seed for
seed, flower for flower; its nut is to be chosen in preference for
medical use. If the root of the black Dhatura be kept in the house,
it will be productive of both good luck and a good name; if it be
dried in the shade, and taken in conjee to the quantity of 9 mashas,
all white hair will fall from the head and black hair grow in its
place. If the root be dried and pounded to the quantity of 160 direms,
and mixed with 80 direms of cow's ghee, and placing it on the fire in
a new vessel, form it into the consistence of sweetmeats, then tying
up the mouth of the vessel close, place it for 40 days among paddy,
at the expiration of which time, let the person bathe and give alms
to the poor; and let him take out the preparation, and eat as much as
he can take up between two fingers, daily for 40 days, fasting; and
nothing used as food except rice and milk, abstaining from all acids;
lost strength will be restored, youth renovated, the hair never will
become white, and it will prove aphrodisiac.
If the black Dhatura be bruised and mixed with goat's milk and sugar,
and boiled, it will cure barrenness in women.
If the flowers of the black Dhatura be bruised, mixed with honey or
cow's ghee, and a little of your own blood added, and this used as a
Tilak, or ornament on the forehead betwixt the eyes, whoever sees it
will become your slave, be it man or woman. If a woman so uses it,
her husband will never forsake her!!
466 Dhunia.--"Coriandrum Sativum, W. Dhanyaca, S." Astringent,
during digestion sweet, cool, dry, and moist in an equal degree;
light, diuretic, carminative, and cardiac; increases appetite,
cures disorders of wind, bile, phlegm, and blood. It is vermifuge,
and useful in difficulty of breathing, cough, thirst, and piles;
it lessens the seminal secretion.