862 Lukmunia and Lukmunie. Names for Litchmuna. In A. called Beroogus
sunum. P. Mirdumgeea.
863 Loodh'phup.--Sweet, cool, moist, and light; tonic, astringent,
and diuretic; relieves disorders of bile, and slightly increases
mucus and wind.
864 Lodh.--"Simplocus Racemosa." A kind of this is white. I have
not seen the tree; the bark is brought from the hills; thick, and
of a white color; both kinds are astringent, cool, and aperient;
strengthens the eyes; beneficial in disorders of mucus, blood, and
swellings; useful in vomiting of blood, and is laxative. Its flower
is sweet, bitter, and astringent; of use in affections of the eyes and
mucus; increases the consistence of semen, and is an ingredient in all
aphrodisiac formulÊ. The particular manner of its administration I have
given in my other publications. The Lodh Pytanee is a kind of this.
Maadentezerrubad.
Lodh is of two kinds, one from Guzeerat, of a reddish clear color,
the other from the hills of Hindustan, of a dirty greenish hue, and
underneath reddish. The latter is used by the dyers, and the former
in medicine. It is beneficial in disorders of the eyes; it is cool,
dry, and astringent; restrains vomiting of blood; generally styptic,
and as a cold application, removes pain of the eye. Dose one miskal.
865 Lawa.--"Perdix Chinensis." A bird smaller than the partridge;
of this the people of India have enumerated four kinds--Bansal,
Goruk, Goonderuck, and Durber. The meat of three of them is cool,
moist, cardiac, astringent, and stomachic. The first kind is hot,
increases mucus, and beneficial in disorders of wind. The second kind
is useful in mucous disorders. The third kind is light; its properties
in equilibrium; useful as food for the debilitated.
866 Loonia.--"Portulaca oleracea." Culinary greens; another kind
is called Koonder. Both are saltish to the taste, and sweet during
digestion; cool and dry, heavy and aperient; increase wind and
flatulent swellings of the abdomen, also bile and mucus. The other
kind is understood to be hot; useful in difficulty of breathing,
disorders of mucus, and increases flatulence.
867 Loha.--Ferrum, Iron. Ayas, S. Sweet and astringent, cool and
aphrodisiac, aperient and heavy; useful in disorders of mucus and
bile, and in swellings; it produces wind. Its scoriÊ are called
Rubusool hudeed; it is given both in powder and pills: the method of
its preparation I have given in my other works. I have given iron in
piles from cold, also for strengthening the stomach, for lengthening
aphrodisia, and generally as an aphrodisiac. I have also exhibited it
with success in dropsy. It is commonly used by physicians in India,
but my advice is to have as little to do with it as possible.
868 Long.--"Caryophillus Aromaticus." A. Kurnphul. Its properties
are particularized in Yunani works. If it be introduced into an
apple, and the apple left to dry, then taken out, I have found it
an excellent tonic to the stomach, possessing a cardiac property,
useful in vomiting, and aiding digestion. The apple also will have
become possessed of the same qualities.
869 Lobaan.--"Libanus Thurifera, Coll. Boswellia, Roxb. Olibanum,
Frankincense. Encens, F. Styrax Benzoin, Murr. Resin of Boswellia
serrata, Roxb." The vizier of Ackber Shah has written, that this is a
gum brought from beyond sea. It has a fine and penetrating smell when
burnt; some call it Meeayabisa. It is very plentiful in this country.
It would seem to be hot in the 2nd degree. In the refined state,
it is most powerful, and very little of it will be sufficient.
Maadentezerrubad.
Loban is called in P. Hussunluba. The people of India know it as a gum;
its color is red, and mixed with pieces of white and black as large
as a cowrie. It is hot in the 2nd degree and dry in the 1st. Its
internal use is tonic to the stomach and brain; it discusses wind,
removes phlegm, and is useful for removing running at the nose. In
those of a hot temperament it removes head-ache. Its corrector is oil
of the Banufsha or Khushkhash. Its succedaneum Ladun and Mastichi
in equal parts. The dose is from half direm to two direms. What is
called in India Sut Loban is white, clear, and shining, like Talc,
and is much used in mucous disorders and in paralysis. It is also
beneficial in bad breath. It is stomachic, aphrodisiac, and assists
digestion. The dose two soorkhs in Paan. The expressed oil, applied
to the penis, is aphrodisiac, and also useful in disorders of mucus.