40 Aorde Gunta اردى گهنٹا.—A kind of Satawur.
41 Aistullkund استل كند.—The name of a root; also called Giràmkund; also a variety of the medicine Maankund: it promotes phlegm, and corrects bile and wind; it is also useful in foulness of the blood and general swellings. The other kind is useful in foulness of blood, and in bilious affections; it is sweet, cool, and heavy. It is likewise called Istolékund.
42 Asperuck اسپرك.—A name for Akléel ul Mulk.
43 Asgund اسكند.—Physalis flexuosa. A very common white root, also called Asgund’h, about half a yard long, like the sweet potatoe, (Convolvulus batatas.) When thin and dry, it resembles the Shúkákul mysrie, (carrot;) its leaves are very like those of the kuth, (Mimosa catechu,) but rather less. It grows about a yard along the ground; its taste is astringent and bitter; it is hot, and strengthens the powers of virility; removes bilious and mucous affections; is beneficial in general swellings, and white leprosy.
Some give this name to the Kaknej, or Winter Cherry. In the Maadentezerrubad, it is thus described. Asgund is a medicine of Hindoostan; the best sort of which is procurable at Nagour. It is hot and dry in the 1st degree. The people of India use in its stead, the Soorinjan, (the Hermodactylus.) It is especially beneficial in pains of the joints. The root, when arrived at perfection, has a strong scent of the horse; from which circumstance it has in India, derived its name; Asp, signifying the horse, and Gund, smell: it is also called Bajecund.
If 3 drachms of the root be boiled in 2 pounds of cow’s milk, and 1 ounce of sugar mixed with it, and this taken for 14 days, it increases peculiar secretions, and improves the complexion.
44 Asphill اسپهل.—Padmunie, a variety of Kunwul. The Lotus, (Nymphæa Nelumbo,) which is produced on dry land. It is sweet, bitterish, and cool; is useful in vomiting, Diarrhœa, and foulness of the blood.
45 Astull استل.—Buntàki, a name for Buratha; it means a large Byngun, or Egg-fruit; the plant being the same.
46 Aspurka اسپرك.—Cool and light; promotes peculiar secretions, and is useful in various disorders: it removes offensive exhalations; moderates profuse sweats; is beneficial in dropsy; restores strength; cures emaciation; and is an antidote to poisons.
47 Aoshire ٱسير.—Kuss kuss. Ooseer? Andropogon muricatum, Kœnig. A name for Kuss kuss. In the Dara Shekoi, it is called Aosire, and is described as the root of the grass kuss, with which houses are made cool in the hot weather. It is cool, and assists digestion, cures laxity of the bowels, and is useful in bilious affections, foulness of blood, and superabundance of mucus; allays thirst, is a grateful application to blistered parts, or where much heat is experienced; beneficial in difficulty of voiding urine, in boils and eruptions, and prolongs aphrodisia.