Indian Medicinal Plants
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چکیده
an Red-wood" in English, and as " Rohun" in the Vernacular. It is common in Central India. The wood is of a red colour, strong, heavy and durable and well adapted for building purposes and for making articles of furniture ; it is not readily attacked by white ants. The bark, according to Ainslie, is "of a dingy red colour, and has a pleasant bitter taste, with a slight degree of austerity." (A decoction of the bark dyes brown of various shades). Both the decoction and infusion of the bark are used in medicine ; but the tincture, according to the authority named, is said to be the most valuable. The Baids employ the bark in the treatment of malarial fevers, thus; six mnshas (equivalent to a drachm and half) of the bark are bruised and administered in combination with sugar or syrup, two or three
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