Purnadi Lahyum—
Ganja tops . . . . . .
Dried ginger, pepper, and long pepper,
1 part.
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1 „
Leaves of cinnamon nitidium
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1 „
Mesua ferrea . • .
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1 „
Aniseed
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Cummin seeds
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Galanghal . . . .
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Liquorice
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Nutmeg, mace, cloves, cardamom and cin-
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Sugar .
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Tender cocoanut— water of .
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Poppy seeds
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The above articles are all made into the consis--
tency- of confection as almost the first.
Doses—From twenty to forty grains.
Uses—In indigestion, diarrhœa, dyspepsia, sleep-
lessness and nervous debility.
Nidrakari Lahyum—
Ganja in powder previously grilled in
ghee
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3 parts.
Nutmeg
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1 „
Cardamom .
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Sugar
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Datus
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8 „
Honey
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6 „
Made into confection used in sleeplessness.
Madanakamasvari—
Ganja in powder .
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5 parts.
Salep .
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8 "
Nutmeg in powder
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3 „
Cardamum .
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1 "
Cloves
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1 "
Saffron
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Mastich
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2 „
Almond
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2 "
Horse radish—seeds of
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Grapes
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8 "
Tender cocoanut .
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Sugar
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70 „
Made into lahyum.
325
cessive consumers to forego the consumption of the
drug to any shortest length of time.
35. (a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) I am ignorant of any means.
(d) and (e) Yes, it would occasion serious dis-
content, leading, in my humble opinion, to a political
dang e r .
(f) Yes, only in a very few cases ; for I find
in my experience that many that have recourse to
the drug loathe the idea of taking spirituous
liquors. Muhammadans use the drug (ganja)
with apparent sanction of their religious au-
thority ; but they cannot, without subjecting them-
selves to ostracising influences of their caste or
religion, use intoxicating liquors (alcohol).
36. I have not seen such instances, but on the
contrary found people substituting the hemp drug
for alcoholic stimulants, for reason of cheapness of
the former : this is mostly among Hindus.
37. I know nothing of charas and so can't draw
comparison between the effects of ganja smoking
and charas smoking.
38. I don't know.
39. Smoking ganja is less injurious than drink-
ing bhang or eating the drug. This can be best
explained by the simple practical fact that tobacco,
smoked in the form of cigars, is less intoxicating
and less poisonous, if it is at all a poison, than
when eaten.
40. Ganja, the tops of the plant, is made use of
in medicinal preparations by native doctors. Also
it is used in the treatment of cattle diseases, espe--
cially as parturifacient.
Uses of the drug as understood by native physicians
and its preparations.
Purification of the drug—The officinal parts of
the plant are the flowering tops devoid of all seeds
and branchlets. The tops are soaked in water for
a time, and then squeezed well, so that no moisture
might remain in them, and dried in the sun.
Dose of the tops (Ganja)— from two to three
grains.
Properties, Medical, etc.—Expectorant, astrin-
gent, stomachic, narcotic.
The green leaves of the plant are, in cases of
gastrodynia or colic, placed over abdomen and kept
there for a time by means of bandage. The leaves
lessen the intensity of the pain. The tops (dried
and purified) are used as part urifacient in the vete--
rinary treatment.
Preparations.—Jajannatha Siddi
L a h y
u m —
Ganja (the flower tops) in fine powder . 1 part
Opium
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Ptychotis fruct US
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Powder, equal parts of dried ginger, pep-
per and long pepper .
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1 ¼ „
Cardamom .
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1 ¼ „
Cloves
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1 ¼
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Fruits of emblic myrobalan seasoned in
salt
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1 ¼ ,,
Nutmeg
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Rhus succedanca .
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1 ¼ „
Catechu
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Lime-juice .
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5 „
Sugar
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Pure water .
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5 „
Water, lime-juice and sugar, should be added
together and made into syrup by being heated on
f i r e , a n d w i t h t h i s s y r u p t h e o t h e r a r t i c l e s i n f i n e
powder should be mixed and well stirred up to the
consistency of confection, opium having been added,
previously dissolved in a small quantity of water.
Dose—From three to five grains.
Uses—In the early stages of cholera, it is given
to check vomiting and diarrhœa. In colic and
diarrhœa of children it is said to be very useful.
It is also said that cases of loss of memory im-
prove under the use of this preparation.
Dose.—From fifteen to thirty grains.
Uses.—This is a very popular preparation, used
as aphrodisiac in genital nervous debility.
Besides the above preparations made out of the
drugs there are thrisulighronthum, majun, and
kameer gaphra, of which majun is eaten by several
people for the very sake of intoxication. The
majun is also procurable in some sweetmeat bazars.
Sweets, such as plantains, sugar preparations,
etc., are said to increase the intoxicating power of
the drug, while decoction of pepper or dried
g i n - g e r i s b e l i e v e d t o p o s s e s s a n a n t a g o n i s t i c p r o p e r t y
against the narcotism of the drug.
41. I here speak of ganja-smoking,
(a) Yes, as digestive.
(b) Yes, as a refreshing agent.
(c) Yes, as febrifuge against malaria.
Muhammadans, fakirs, ascetics, gosains smoke
ganja for the above purposes. I refer to the
moderate habitual consumers in the effects I noted
above.