598 Sooroon.--A kind of Baharkund, called Zemeekund. A root, resembling
a turtle, used in India as pickles; it is dressed with meat, and also
used by itself; it is dry, light, and stomachic; useful in disorders
of phlegm and piles; it produces eruptions from diffusion of bile,
and some have called it difficult of digestion. Those who are in a
reduced state, or have weak stomachs, had better not eat more than
20 direms. To my knowledge, it is much used in piles; it is said to
be beneficial in cholics and pains in the bowels. It increases bile;
and is hurtful in disorders of blood; it is also injurious to the
throat. Its correctors are fresh dhaie, and being parboiled in water
and the water changed. It may also be corrected by being boiled with
tamarind or anula leaves. Enclosed in clay and roasted in an oven,
the outer rind pulled off, it will be found less hurtful; in any
other manner it irritates the throat. If used in powder, it must
be skinned and dried in the shade; one kind of it is white inside,
and of a purple color externally. A third is white on both sides;
the former is the strongest: it is also named Soorunsona.
599 Soombullie.--Pungent and bitter, cures disorders of wind and mucus,
and is an ingredient in favorite formulÊ.
600 Soos.--"The Porpus Delphinus." Its flesh is moist
and heavy, cures disorders of wind, and increases semen and
mucus. P. KhookmaiÈ. A. Delphine. The author of the Echtyarat has
described this as a large fish of a black color, with a head like
that of the hog.