Remarks on the Uses of some of the Bazaar Medicines and Common Medical Plants of India / With a full index of diseases, indicating their treatment by these and other agents procurable throughout India; to which are added directions for treatment in cases of drowning, snake-bites &c.

by Edward John Waring

Nutmegs.

Jáé-phal (Hind., Duk., Beng.), Záfal (Kash.), Jádi-káy (Tam.), Jájí-kaya (Tel.), Játi-ká (Mal.), Jaji-káyi (Can.), Jái-phal (Mah., Punj.), Jáye-phal (Guz.), Jádi-ká, Sádi-ká (Cing.), Zádi-phu (Burm.), Buah-pala (Malay).

272. Mace.

Jáé-patrí (Hind., Can., Tel., Guz.), Jótri (Beng.), Jáuntari (Punj.), Jów-watir (Kash.), Jádi-pattírí, (Tam., Mal.), Vasá-vási (Cing.), Zadi-phu-apóén (Burm.), Bunga-pala (Malay).

273. Nutmegs and Mace, generally procurable in bazaars, are aromatic, stimulant, and carminative, closely allied to Cloves and Cinnamon, for which they may be substituted. Nutmegs in large doses are thought to possess some narcotic properties, hence some care is necessary in their use.

274. The Native or Country Nutmeg, the produce of Myristica Malabarica, Lam., is larger than the officinal Nutmeg, possesses little of its fragrance or its warm aromatic taste, and is very inferior as an internal remedy. Bruised and subjected to boiling, it yields a considerable quantity of a yellowish concrete oil, which, when melted down with a small quantity of any bland oil, is regarded as an excellent application to Indolent and Ill-conditioned Ulcers, allaying pain, cleansing the surface, and establishing healthy action. It deserves a trial as an embrocation in Chronic Rheumatism.

275.

Opium.

The inspissated juice of Papaver somniferum, Linn.