688 Kalesur or Kulesur; a plant, its leaves and sprigs very thin and
small, it is sold in a dried state. It is like the Badsingbose. Its
fruit is like the Baer, but a little larger, of a clay color or
greenish. It is of two kinds, white and black, both oleaginous and
sweet, heavy, increases semen, cures disorders of the three secretions,
fevers, disorders of the vagina, dropsy, and it is astringent in its
properties. The black kind increases appetite.
689 Kanghi.--Cool, pungent; sweetish to the taste; strengthens the
system, clears the color of the skin; is astringent, flatulent;
useful in affections of the mouth and hectic fever.
690 Kandagolhi.--A kind of onion, used by the weavers of cloth, from
which circumstance it has derived its name ("Squills?"). It is like
the common onion, but four times as large; it grows in the jungles, and
in A. is called Unsul; its properties are described in Yunani works.
691 Kapoor.--Cool, light, anti-aphrodisiac; beneficial in disorders of
the eyes; cures heat of the body, bad taste in the mouth; removes
corpulence and swellings of the body, disorders from poison,
and clears the brain. A. Kaphoor. It is of four kinds: Poonasir,
Bheemseejnie, Saasdaie and Bhaskur, the medicinal properties of all
are the same. "Laurus Camphora."