510 Roopa.--Called also Roopuk. (Silver.) Astringent, moist, cool,
aperient, cardiac, and stomachic. It augments the strength of youth,
and preserves meat from becoming putrid; decreases fat, strengthens
the brain and bones, and thickens semen, decreases corpulency,
and cures disorders of wind and bile. It forms an ingredient in all
famous recipes. Its calx is called Roopruss, and it is more powerful
than any other. Ranga resembled it in its properties, also Gold.
511 Rooi.--When very old, if stuffed into the nose, it promotes the
discharge of every thing offensive from the brain. It also cures
disorders in the head, the consequence of indigestion, as also
hemicrania. A. Kotun (Cotton.)