795 Koonj كونج.—A name for Kulungh. Its meat cures disorders of wind and mucus.
796 Koonch كونچ.—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 formulæ.
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 كورى.—“Cypræa 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 كوآل.—(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 كوا.—The Crow. P. Zaagh or Kolagh. A. Ghorab. Its properties are mentioned in Yunani works in India; it is also called Koral.
800 Kokla كوكلا.—“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 گوة.—The Guana. Its flesh is tonic, aphrodisiac, stomachic, and used in disorders of bile and wind. A. Zubbub. P. Soosmar.