779 Kumbeela.--Bitter, laxative, and hot; used in disorders of mucus,
bile, and blood; is lithontriptic and vermifuge; cures Badgola, dropsy,
and boils; its green leaves are cool and astringent to the stomach;
it is called also Kumbeel.
780 Gunduk.--"Live Sulphur." In digestion it is bitter and hot,
also soft; beneficial in Juzam, affections of the spleen, disorders
of mucus and wind, and increases bile. It is an ingredient in many
favorite prescriptions. A. Ribreet. Its aruk is excellent as an
application in itch, and as a tonic is pungently acid and hurtful
to the teeth; indeed so very acid is it, that it dissolves shells,
and is called Tezab; but though acid, it is aphrodisiac.
To make Tezab (Sulphuric Acid).
Take a China cup, and make in it three holes, to suspend it (by a wire
of zinc); place a lamp on a low triangle (tripod), and fill the lamp
with sulphur; and making several wicks, mix them with the sulphur,
and set fire to them; place the China cup under the tripod, and the
aruk will come over into it by drops. Care must be taken to admit no
wind; when this is lighted the smoke destroys cloth. I have written
of the properties of this more at large in my other works.
The properties of Sulphuric Acid.
It is hot, creates appetite, expels wind, strengthens the stomach,
loins, and back. It is aphrodisiac, useful in disorders of mucus
and blood, in paralysis, convulsions, and pains in the stomach, and
discusses enlargement of the spleen, if taken to the quantity of from
one to four soorkhs in water. It will cure tooth-ache if applied to the
hollow of the tooth, but care must be taken that it does not come in
contact with a sound tooth. It cures all kinds of Psora, whether dry
or moist, applied by itself or in ointment. Taken internally with oil
of roses, it loosens phlegm; applied to the white spots of leprosy,
it will remove them. If nutmegs, cinnamon, and cloves be moistened
with it, and dried, they will become powerful condiments.