554 Sedarth سدارتهة.—Pungent and bitter, hot and dry; cures disorders of mucus, itch, Juzam, apthæ; is vermifuge, and promotes appetite, but causes diffusion of the bile in the blood, and its consequent disorders. The green leaves are heavy and cool. In my opinion they are hot, and obstruct the flow of urine, increase indigestion, and disorders of the three secretions. The above is a white kind of Sersom, the name taken from the Sanscrit.
555 Sud Sohaung سدسہانگ.—The name of a red flower in India; its leaves three-cornered, serrated; it is cool, and beneficial in disorders from poisons, bile, blood; in dropsy and nausea; 3 mashas of this bruised and taken with water is useful in gonorrhœa.
556 Suda Khar سداخوار.—A salt from a grass, very hot, and is used for cleansing lardaceous matter from sores; it increases the opening in boils, but decreases strength.
557 Sudaphill سداپهل or Sudeephill.—A name for Bale.
558 Sudagolab سداگلاب.—A flower like the rose. Its tree is larger than the rose-bush, and its flower has a different smell; it is always in flower, from which circumstance it derives its name. I have not seen this noticed in any other work of India, but it is probably the Koocha: q. v.
559 Surphoka سرپهونكا.—A plant of India, about a yard in height or sometimes more. It is very common; it is also called Joojer, and is a kind of Chirchirra Soorkh. It is bitter, astringent, and light; cures disorders of the liver and spleen, boils and eruptions, and cough; is an antidote to poisons; useful in disorders of the blood, difficulty of breathing, and fever. I have found it very beneficial in clearing the blood, and useful in correcting bile, curing itch, lues, and other eruptions.
560 Serje سرج.—A name for Saaje. “Tectona grandis.”
561 Sooryalee سرجالى.—A plant about 6 feet high. I have seen it in Hissar in abundance; it grows in the rains and spreads over the sides of houses, its stem is then about an inch in diameter; its branches also thin, and of a bright red colour; its flowers are beautiful, white and red; when ripe it in some degree resembles wheat; its flowers are crooked. It is aphrodisiac.
562 Sirpund سرپند.—Aperient; cures general swellings, and disorders of wind and bile.
563 Sericbans سركبانس.—Useful in mucous disorders and affections of the eyes.