216 Bindaal بندال.—A creeping plant, which is found on trees; it resembles the Kusseroo, and its seed is dark-colored, like those of the Till. Its capsule is somewhat larger than that of the Kusseroo, covered with a black rind, which also covers a second. It is very beneficial in the Zaerbad of horses; is pungent, and creates appetite, and is useful in wind and mucus. It is common to hills, plains, and ditches. In the Maadentezerrabad it is said to be a cure for hydrophobia, in the quantity of two fruits mixed with black pepper. It is said to be an Indian fruit like the black Hurrhe, light, bitter and elastic: its rind is hard; and the best kind of it is yellow. It is hot and dry in the 3rd degree. If pounded and sifted, and after a motion introduced into the rectum, it will in a few days cause the separation of hemorrhoids and their discharge. A fumigation of these seeds is also very beneficial in external piles. If they are bruised and mixed with cow’s ghee, and introduced into the nose, they will cure irritability of temper and epilepsy, and remove all complaints arising from wind. If two or three seeds be moistened with water for a night, and in the morning two or three drops be introduced into the nose, it will produce the discharge of that yellow fluid from the brain which causes the disease named Pirbaal, or loss of sensation in the olfactory nerves.
217 Bindeakurkotheki بندياكركٹكى.—A name for Banjekakora, so called from its barrenness; pungent, useful in poisons and cough.
218 Puns پنس.—A name for Kutel.
219 Punnus پنيس.—An appellation for Lackutch.
220 Punealae پنيالاى.—A plant, “Flacourtia Catafracta;” the fruit of which resembles the Zerdaloo, and is itself like to the Neemb tree; the leaves are like those of the ratan; unripe, it is green, but when ripe red.
221 Poiey پوئى.—“Basella Alba et Rubra.” A culinary vegetable which grows slow and creeping; its fruit is black; cool and moist; it is heavy and rough in the throat, thickens the voice, is soporific; promotes the secretion of semen and mucus, and cures eruptions from bilious disorder.
222 Podhka پودكها or Boleserie.—A large tree with very beautiful flowers, of a sweet smell. It bears fruit like, or rather having the color of the orange, in size and shape like the Baer, or Bulooth; it is cool, beneficial in disorders of phlegm, bile, and affections of the teeth, as has been ascertained by experience. The fruit is cool and astringent, flatulent, and diminishes phlegm and bile. If chewed and kept in the mouth, it cures tooth-ache.
223 Boont بونٹ.—“Cicer Arietenum.” The green, unripe Gram. It is in the opinion of Indian physicians cool and dry; allays chordee; increases wind; is light, flatulent, and also favors secretion of bile and blood. The Yunani physicians differ very materially from those of Hindoostan respecting its properties.
224 Potie پوٹى.—“Cyprinus Chyssopareius,” (Buch.) A very small fish; heavy, and increasing phlegm; it is the smallest of all fish; sweet to the taste, beneficial in all the three secretions, All the varieties of small fish are strengthening and aphrodisiac; stomachic, and useful in affections of wind and cough.
225 Potuck پتگ.—A kind of honey, resembling ghee; hot, dry, and light.