795 Koonj.--A name for Kulungh. Its meat cures disorders of wind
and mucus.
796 Koonch.--A medicine of Hindostan. If its seed-vessel be applied
to the skin, it produces great itching; if it is washed in cow-dung
and water, this effect will be removed. Its seed is like the bean,
smooth, and of a purple color; it is hard, and if the end is cut off,
and it be applied to the part stung by a scorpion, it will remove
the pain, and cannot be removed till the poison is extracted; and
when this is accomplished, it falls off itself, and will be found
from its power of suction to have become much larger. It is sweet,
increases semen, lengthens aphrodisia, and is useful in diffusion of
bile in the blood. It is beneficial in old ulcers, and is a favorite
ingredient in aphrodisiac formulÊ.
Maadentezerrubad.
Kooch is a medicine of India; its seed cold and hot in equilibrium;
drying, aphrodisiac; strengthens the loins, useful in piles and cough,
and increases the consistence of semen. If half a direm of the leaves
be bruised with seven of the long fruit of the peepul in water, and
given to drink, it will be found powerfully vermifuge. It also clears
the intestines of all noxious matter. If 10 direms be bruised in 50
direms of water, and drank for seven days, it will cure Lues Venerea.
The succedaneum is Aotungun. The dose two direms of the seed. It is
also called Kooncha, vide Kewanch.
797 Kowrie.--"CyprÊa Monita." P. Khirmora. It is sweet and pungent,
cool and flatulent; used in bile and heat; beneficial in affections
of the eyes and in blisters. If burnt and introduced into the ear,
I have found it of use in diseases of that organ. It is excellent
for cleansing and drying venereal sores.
798 Kawaal.--(The Hog.) Its meat is heating, moist, light, and
increases semen to a great degree; induces corpulence, creates
appetite, and is tonic. Its fat is very aphrodisiac as an external
application; it is also useful as an application to the eyes, as a
stomachic, preserving health, and producing aphrodisia. Is tonic;
useful in sprains and disorders of the three secretions. P. Khunzeer.
799 Kowa.--The Crow. P. Zaagh or Kolagh. A. Ghorab. Its properties
are mentioned in Yunani works in India; it is also called Koral.
800 Kokla.--"Indian Cuckoo." A black bird, which in the commencement
of the hot weather has a fine and strong note; its flesh creates
appetite, induces costiveness, and is useful in disorders of wind
and mucus.
801 Goh.--The Guana. Its flesh is tonic, aphrodisiac, stomachic,
and used in disorders of bile and wind. A. Zubbub. P. Soosmar.