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The leaves are also administered with food as a remedy for rheumatism, and their juice to relieve cough.
The root is considered to have the same properties as the leaves, and to be also diuretic ; it is gi/en in dropsy along with other drugs. Dr. Mootooswamy gives the following formula as much used by native doctors: — Take of the root bark 3x, Tribulus terrestris fruits, root of Trianthema mono- gyna and Cephalandra indica ad3. Beleric and chebulic myro- balans asss. Iron dross gx. Goat's urine gviii, water four seers, Make a decoction and keep it for several days in the oven. Dose 2 to 3 ounces twice a day in as much water.
A decoction of the root leaves and bark with an equal quan- tity of Acorus calamus, ajowan seeds and salt is recommended as a remedy for chronic diarrhsea and 1 to 1J ounces of the juice obtained from the root bark, with three ounces of Goat's milk, twice a day as a diuretic in dropsy.
(Pharmacographia Indica, Vol. II. pp. 385 etseq.) " A decoction of bark is given as an antiperiodic in ague with success. It is astringent and tonic. The leaves used for ulcers, and especially after small-pox." (Surgeon-Major Lionel Beech, Cocanada.)
"The root-bark is used in muscular rheumatism." (Moodeliar, Madras.)
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747. Carissa carandas, Linn, h.f.b.i., hi. 630 ; Roxb. 231.
Sans. : — Karamardaka.
Vern. : — Karaunda, garinga, karrona, timukhia, gotho (H.) ; Kurumia, karamcha, karenja, bainchi, tair (B.) ; Timukhia (N.-W. P.) ; Gotho (0. P.) ; Karinda, baranda, karwand (Bom.) ; Karavanda, boronda (Mar.) ; Karamarda, timbarran (Guz.) ; Kendakeri, kerendo kuli (Uriya) ; Kalaka, kalapa(Tam.) ; Kalivi kaya, waaka (Tel.) ; Karekai, heggarjige (Kan.).
Habitat :— Cultivated for its fruit throughout the drier sandy or rocky soils of India.
