544 Sip Kullie سپكلى.—The Lizard. A. Saamaberus, P. Chillpusæ. It does not frequent those places where saffron is kept. If split open and applied to a part where a thorn or arrow may have entered deep, it will effect its extraction by suction.
545 Soopearee سوپيارى.—“Areca Catechu.” Astringent, cool, dry, and heavy; cures disorders of mucus and bile, increases appetite; removes bad taste in the mouth; when fresh it is very heavy and produces flatulence; is diaphoretic; injures appetite and eyesight, and causes a prolonged retention of semen.
546 Subskun سبزقند.—A name for Baraikund.
547 Sutarie ستارى.—The juice of the Soopearee tree; it strengthens the teeth and stomach, contracts the vagina, and cures leucorrhœa; it is intoxicating.
548 Setoopula ستوپلا.—A kind of sugar.
549 Setawur ستور,—also Setawurie or Shetawur, vide S.
550 Sutputtrie ستپٹرى.—A name for Roocha, vide R.
551 Sutsar ستسار.—A kind of cucumber.
552 Suteepulas ستى پلاس.—A kind of Kutchoor.
553 Soocherakhar سوچراكہار.—The common Sedjee, (impure carb. of soda.) This name is given to the purer sorts. If 3 mashas be mixed with a cupful of dhaie, it is useful in cholicks. If mixed with lime juice, it is used to write on stone, and the stone placed on a slow fire as long as you can snap your fingers 100 times, and then taken off, when the writing will be found white and permanent. The physician Nouruddee has mentioned this to be the case.