913 Murorphillie.--"Helieteres Isora." A medicine of
India. P. Kistburkisht (Sheeraree Pechuc); a long twisted shrub,
having a single flower, of a purple color; its leaves resemble the
scorpion's tail; hot and dry in the 2nd degree; some call it hot
in the 1st and dry in the 2nd degree. It assists digestion, and
clears the skin; removes thickened and viscid mucus, and forms an
ingredient in all children's medicines. As an external application,
it is useful in swellings from cold, in itch or daad, expels wind,
and decreases milk or semen; its corrector is Hubbeh senobir; its
succedaneum thrice its weight of Sibr (aloes). Dose one direm.
914 Missie.--A shrub of India, about a yard high; its branches thin
and its leaves like the Kussowndie: its branches are knotted, and when
slit open, an insect is found in them, which is given to the Boolbul,
when training them to fight. Its flower is very small, of a reddish
yellow, like the Gowzeban; it is also called the Kakjunga, q. v.
915 Musoor.--P. Adiess. A common grain of the pea tribe; cool, light,
and astringent; useful in disorders of mucus, bile, and blood, and
is sweet during digestion.
916 Mustchagundka.--A kind of sugar, useful in eruptions from diffused
bile, seminal weakness, delirium, nausea, and thirst.
917 Mukoond.--Sweet to the taste; bitter in digestion; hot and dry;
light; decreases corpulence; induces costiveness and wind; it is a
kind of grain.
918 Muggur.--A. Tumsa. (The Alligator.) Its flesh is greasy and heavy;
used in disorders of wind, and increases mucus and semen.
919 Muko.--A name for Anbus saleb. P. Sugangoor. Very beneficial in
swellings. Its juice is useful in increasing the eyesight, and for
restraining the menstrual flux; cool and moist.