Maadentezerrubad.
"A seed like the mustard; black and aperient, cool and moist, in the
1st degree; is aphrodisiac; strengthens the stomach, removes heat
of urine, gonorrhoea, thinness of semen, the secretion of which it
thickens and increases. It is astringent, and produces flatulence. Its
corrector is sugar; its succed. Sireyara: dose six mashas."
583 Sungtirra.--The author of the Ayeen Akberry calls it Sontirra. A
fruit of India of great esteem; it is of a yellowish red color, in
shape like the apple, but larger. Its rind is fine, soft, and smooth,
like the Sylhet orange, which it in all respects much resembles. It
is large, sweet, and acid. There are different names for the different
kinds of oranges, but this is the largest and best. It is in my opinion
cool, cardiac, drying; allays heat and thirst, and prevents the ill
effects of wind, loosens phlegm and bile, strengthens the stomach;
is very grateful when ate with sugar; and its acid is less hurtful
than many others. I have known a man of a bilious temperament, who
told me that he always found relief from the use of this orange. The
emperor was in the habit of eating it in Pilaus, when sweetened with
sugar and rose-water, and thus used, he called it Rahut Jahn. It
is thus rendered more cooling and more grateful to the taste. He
also ate it when cooled in ice, and found it useful in giving tone
to the stomach. The people of India use it with their food. If ate
after having been sprinkled with a little salt, its acid will have
less effect on the teeth, mouth, and throat; this however, can only
be necessary when unripe or not of the best kind. "Many more trivial
properties are ascribed to this orange in the original, which would
only be waste of time and paper to record."--Trans. It is said to be
hurtful in coughs, and colds.
584 Singhara.--"Trapa natuns." "Trapa Bispinosa." A common triangular
water-nut, like the hermodactyls; it is the produce of ponds or
reservoirs of water. When green and unripe, it is pleasantest to the
taste; when ripe, it becomes hard, and when dried, more so; it is
much employed in aphrodisiac formulÊ. It is sweet, cool, and heavy;
cures bilious disorders, and those of blood; removes heat of the body,
restrains laxities in the bowels, and increases semen. It is generally
liked and universally eaten.