700 Kuthael.--"Artocarpus Integrifolia (Roxb.)" A fruit of India,
very common, of a green color like Shukena, from half a yard to a
yard in length, and about half a yard in thickness. On opening it is
found a pulp of a saffron color, of a mucilaginous nature, inclining
to gummy. The tree is like that of the walnut, but I suspect the
Kuthael is much the largest and the leaves much less. The smell of the
flower is sweet. The fruit is taken from the tree before it is ripe,
covered with lime and thus brought to maturity. It cures disorders of
bile and wind, strengthens the system, and is aphrodisiac; it cures
eruptions from diffused bile, and is slow of digestion; it induces
costiveness, is useful in disorders of the chest, increases semen and
allays thirst. Its seeds are astringent and sweet, and increase wind,
they are hurtful if ate on an empty stomach. Its corrector is its
seed. Some have said, that the fruit when allowed to ripen on the
tree is the best, and that the forced kind is cool.
701 Kootki.--A small root, "Justicia Ganderussa," brought from the
hills; it is of a grey colour and full of knots; bitter to the taste,
during digestion; pungent, cool, and drying. It is light and aperient;
cures bilious, mucous, and feverish disorders, difficulty of breathing,
heart-burn, and heat of body. It is also vermifuge; the dose 4 direms.
702 Kutara.--A kind of sugar-cane; it is thin, cool, and heavy;
cures diffusion of bile and Rajiroge. The leaves of one kind are
like needles, another much larger, a third of a middling size:
all are astringent, and after meals produce heart-burn, and wind;
they cure disorders of mucus and bile, but cause heat in the chest
and flatulence. Its correction is being boiled in water, or roasted
in hot ashes. When washed in water it becomes less flatulent, and
cures disordered secretions, increases the bulk of the solids, and
is diuretic.
703 Kuteera.--"Echinops echinatus, (Roxb.)" The globe-thistle,
or Kuragond. Cool; increases consistence of semen; beneficial in
gonorrhoea; lessens aphrodisia. If two mashas be infused in water for
a night, well mixed and taken with sherbet of Unjewar, or by itself,
it will be found effectual in vomiting of blood, in gonorrhoea,
and itchiness of the urinary bladder.
704 Kutai.--The white kind; it is a species of the small Kutai; the
flower of the large kind is red. The small is bitter and pungent;
hot and useful in wind, bile and disorders of the liver, difficulty
of voiding urine, in torpor of the olfactory nerves; is vermifuge,
and cures affections of the heart. The large kind is called Beretta,
already noticed, also called Kuntai.
705 Kutoonbur.--"Cucumis Madraspatanas." A kind of Kutchim (species
of melon); sweet and hot, vide Baluka.
706 Kutputrie.--Hot and astringent; useful in disorders of the
organs of generation of the female; its fruit cool and aphrodisiac,
and produces a discharge of wind.