873 Longmushk.--The name of a flower; its shrub about two yards in
height, but of great diameter. It is white, sweet-smelling, hot,
cardiac, and strengthens the brain.
874 Lobeia.--"Dolichos Sinensis." A common culinary grain; hot and
dry; creates flatulence; is diuretic, and increases the menstrual
flux. It has also the effect of producing very unpleasant dreams.
The red Lobeia procures the expulsion of the dead foetus ex
utero, and if ate with cow's ghee, it strengthens the digestive
organs. A. Dizzer. P. Bakla.
875 Lahsun.--"Allium Sativum, W. Lasuna, S. Ail, F. Knoblauch,
G. Aglio, I. Ajo Sativo, S." Hot and moist; heavy, aperient,
aphrodisiac; promotes digestion, and is useful externally in sprains
and hurts; increases the hair and knowledge, also bile and blood;
beneficial in disorders of mucus, wind, difficulty of breathing, cough,
Badgola, intermittent fever, swellings, piles, Juzam, and seminal
weakness. It is vermifuge, tonic, and cures loss of appetite. It is
an ingredient in all favorite prescriptions.
Its sherbet I have used with much effect in cases of paralysis. One
kind of Lahsun is called Agbooptah. A. Mowseer. As a tonic, this is
to be preferred, and its pickles are held in great estimation.
876 Lasora.--"Sobestens Cordia Myxa, W. A. Sepista." Its leaves bruised
and applied to ill-conditioned ulcers, will cure them in 10 days.
877 Lahusoonia.--A kind of Dedawrie. A. Aynulhur. See
Vidoorie.
878 Malkungnie.--"Ceanothus Americanus? Celastrus." A seed resembling
Anbus saleb, but smaller and variegated; its upper rind is green,
inside which is red, and withinside this is found the seed fine long
and of a reddish color; it is bitter and pungent, hot and aperient;
useful in affections of wind and mucus, difficulty of breathing, and
cough. It increases understanding and memory. In India, those who try
its effects use it in many ways. One method is to eat one seed the
first day, two the 2nd, and so on, increasing by one till 40 seeds
are eaten in a day, then decrease in the same proportion. Some use
it this way for only eight days, after which they continue to take
this quantity without increase, and during its use, they abstain
from all acids, sour milk, radishes, Till, limes, mustard, and other
articles of this nature; during this time also, they separate beds
from their wives.
It increases the tone of the vessels; preserves health and strength.
The Hindoos enumerate many virtues of which the drug is possessed. It
is understood to be hot in the 1st degree, and dry in the 3rd. It is
a favorite ingredient in fomentations, unguents, and prescriptions
for aphrodisia and paralysis. It is in very general use.
879 Madhooie.--A flower of India; cool and light, and useful in
disorders of the three secretions.
880 Mansrowhnee.--A purgative medicine, useful in disorders of wind,
bile, and mucus, and is aphrodisiac.
881 Maak.--Phaseolus Max. A name for Aorde, called also Maash; it is
sweet during digestion; hot, heavy and aphrodisiac; used in disorders
of wind; is tonic; a preservative to health, increases semen, milk,
and fat; also mucus and bile; clears the urinary secretion; beneficial
in piles, paralysis, affections of the liver, difficulty of breathing,
and Badgola; said to be useful in cholic, but as to the three latter,
I am not so certain about them, and suspect it might prove more likely
to increase them.
882 Maad.--The water in which rice has been boiled, and in which the
rice has become decomposed; it is cool, astringent; creates appetite;
expels wind, mucus and bile; softens the muscles, and is beneficial
in bilious or mucous fevers.
883 Maien.--Acid, astringent, cool, and light; contracts the vagina;
useful in dysentery, disorders of bile, blood, and mucus; also
affections of the throat. A. Kuzmazidge. P. Kurmar.
884 Maachik.--A name for honey of a reddish color; it is sweet, cool,
dry, and light; reduces corpulency, strengthens vision, increases
understanding, and beneficial in seminal weakness. The fresh kind
is moist and aperient; that which is old is dry, and if heated is
hurtful. I mean that which has been fermented, and that produced in
hot climates.
885 Majoophill or Maijphill. A. Affix. "Alleppo Galls, Quercus Cerris,
Quercus Robur." It is hot and astringent; useful in wind; blackens
the hair, and contracts the vagina.