538 Saro.--(Myna). Its meat is dry and moist in equal degrees;
increases knowledge and appetite, strengthens the system, removes
laxities of the bowels, useful in bruises and hurts, relieves cough,
lessens mucus and hectic fever; it is called Sawur, and in A. Zerzore,
P. Sharug.
539 Sabur.--A kind of deer, whose skin is used in covering sheaths
for swords, and by the lower classes and hunters as lining for their
clothes. Its meat is sweet; in digestion it is cool, moist, and heavy;
increases mucus, and cures disorders from diffusion of bile.
540 Sarass.--A species of heron, "Ardea Antigone." A large bird, with
a long neck and legs, of a lead color; the male lives always with his
mate. Its flesh is cool, moist, and heavy; strengthens the system,
decreases urine and fÊces, cures disorders of wind, blood and bile.
541 Saamp.--The Snake. Its meat is moist and heavy, is vermifuge,
and kills worms in the rectum; increases knowledge, strengthens the
system. If the old skin when shed be bruised and applied to the eyes,
it increases the strength of vision; and if burnt, and its ashes
rubbed on parts where no hair grows, it will reproduce it. Snakes
avoid its smell when burning, and if the whole skin be tied round
the thigh of a woman in labor, it will facilitate the process. P. Mar.
542 Saal.--The name of a common tree, the wood of which is generally
useful. It is cool and astringent; cures disorders of wind, mucus,
poisons, boils, eruptions, and is beneficial in burns. A. Saage.