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it is used as a diuretic in cases of gravel of the kidneys." (Assistant-Surgeon Gholam Nabi.) " Invaluable in certain disorders of the digestive system, marked by scanty and viscid secretion from the intestines, promotes elimination of bile, and is useful in congestion of the liver." (Surg. J. Maitland, M, B., Madras.) " Very useful in liver affections, especially where abscess threatens ; dose x grains." ( Surg. -Ma j. C. R. G. Parker, Pallaveram, Madras.) "I have found it most useful in neuralgia in large doses, 30 grains, in conjunction with quinine." (Surg. - Ma j. H. D. Cook, Calicut.) " Used in gonorrhœa as an aphrodisiac." (Surg.-Maj. J. J. L. Ratton, M. D., Salem.). — Watt's Dictionary.
1243. A, aromaticum, Roxb., h.f.b.l, vi. 241. Roxb. 15.
Vern. :— Morang-iláchi (H. & B.) ; Veldode (Mar.).
Habitat: — Eastern Himalayas; Nepal; Sikkim ; Khasia Hills ; Silhet and Northern Bengal.
Root-stock perennial, widely creeping. Leafy stem 3-4ft. Leaves ½-lft. by 2-4in., glabrous on both sides, oblong-lanceolate. Spike small, globose. Peduncle short, rarely longer and decumbent. Outer bracts lin., small ovate, pale-brown. Corolla- tube lin.; segments obtuse, nearly as long as the tube, white, tinged with brown. Lip pale-yellow, twice as long as the corolla-segments, outer half deflexed. Anther-crest large, trifid, petaloid, lobes rounded. Capsule lin., oblong, trigonous, neither costate nor echinate.
Use : — The seeds and oil used like the preceding species.
1244. Zingiber' officinale, Zosc, h.f.b.l, vi. 246. Roxb. 16.
Sans. : — Plant = ârdraka, sringavera ; dried root=vishva- bhishagam, nâgara, sunti, mahaushadha ; fresh root — ârdrakam.
Vern. ;— Pl. = adrak, dr. rt. = sonth, sindhí, fr. rt. = adrak, (H.) ; Pl. = ada, dr. rt.=sunt, fr. rt. — ada (B.) ; Pl.=ada, adrak, dr. rt, = zangzabil, sûnth, fr. rt. = zunjbel, adrak (Pb.) ; PL — ale