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Paranki-mává-enna, Kappa-máva-enna, Malyal . Géra-poppu-yanne,
Can. Hijli-bádám-tail, Beng. Kájú-cha-téla,Mah. Kaju-nu-tel,
Guz.
Kaju-tel, c ing. S i h o s a y e - s i
o r T i h o t i y a - s í ,
B u r .
Of the gum—Cashew-
nut gum, Eng. Kájú-kí-gónd, Hind. Kájú-ké-gónd, Duk. Mundri-
Pishin Tam.J í d i - m á m i d i - p i s u n u ,
M u n t a - m á m i d i - b a n k a ,
T e l .
Paranki-
máva-pasha, Kappal-chéran-pasha, Kappa-máva-pa sh a, Malyal. Géra-
míána, Can Hijli-bádám-gun, Beng. Kájú-cha-gónda, Mah.
Kàjú-nu-gún, Guz. Kaju-melliyam, Cing. Sihosaye-si or Tihotiya-si, Bur.
Local Sources.— The fruit of this plant is met with in the bazaar
only in its proper season, but the seed or kernel is always sold by the
sweet-meat makers. The oil can be obtained readily by expression, and
the gum requires to be collected from the trees.
Prices.— Of the kernel—Wholesale, Rs. 2 1/2 per maund ; retail or
bazaar, As. 2 per pound. The price of the kernel freed from the
testa or skin is one anua more to each pound.
Physiological Actions.—The kernel is nutritive, demulcent and emol-
lient ; the oil emollient.
Therapeutic Uses. —In the form of mixture, the kernel is useful for
all the purposes for which the Mistura amygdahæ is employed, and
also as a food in very weak patients suffering from incessant and chronic
vomiting, with two or three minims of Acid. Hydrocyanic. Dil in
each dose. The oil is a mechanical as well as a chemical antidote
for irritant poisons. It not only protects to some extent the lining
membrane of the stomach and bowels from the irritation of the poison
and prevents both the solution and absorption of it, but also neutralizes
it by forming a soap with it, if it happens to be an alkaline. It is also
a good vehicle for liniments and other external applications.
Preparations.— Of the kernel — Compound-powder and Mixture.
Compound-powder : Take of the kernel freed from the testa or skin,
eight ounces, rub it in a mortar to a smooth consistence, add gradually
four ounces of refined sugar in powder, and one ounce of gum acacia in
powder ; rub and mix the whole and keep the powder in a lightly-
covered jar. The Compound-powder is used for the extemporaneous
preparation of the Mixture, which is prepared thus—Rub in a mortar
two ounces and-a-half of the Compound-powder with a little water into
a thin paste, then add gradually sufficient water to make a pint of the
mixture and strain through muslin.
Dose .—Of the Mixture, from one to two fluid ounces, as often as
it is necessary.
European Druqs for which they may be substituted.—The Mixture, for
Mistura amygdalæ ; the Compound-powder, for Pulvis Amygdalæ
Compositus ; and the oil, for almond and olive oils.
Remarks.— The fruit of this plant looks like a nut and is attached
to a fleshy and fruit-like torus, and therefore, in familiar and com-
mon language the former is called a nut (Cashew-nut, Kájú-kí-
gutli, Mundiri-kottai, &c), and the latter is known as a fruit (Kájú,
Mundiri-pazh am, &c.). The fruit is hard, kidney-shaped, ash-colored
and about 1 or 1 1/4i n c h e s l o n g . T h e
p e r i c a r p i s
h a r d ,c
e l l u l a r a n d
con-
tains between its laminæ some acrid. oil, and can be easily separated
from the seed by breaking. The seed is of the same shape as the fruit,