 | English literature - 1852 - 1070 pages
...for comfits, after the manner of carraways; and of the seed from which the oil has been extracted, ' a coarse description of unleavened bread is sometimes...The stems and leaves are left standing, until they h;ive become perfectly dry, under the influence of the hot winds of April and May, when they are nmovcd,... | |
 | Jonathan Pereira - 1857 - 926 pages
...morning.1 This is effected, by means of instruments called seetooahs, which are made of sheet iron, and resemble concave trowels ; and with these the...emollient and anodyne decoctions, which the natives use botli internally in coughs, and externally as fomentations. The stems and leaves are left standing,... | |
 | William Wilson Hunter - Bengal (India) - 1877 - 398 pages
...for burning in lamps, and for certain culinary purposes. Of the entire seed a comfit is made ; while the capsules deprived of their seeds are still available...preparing emollient and anodyne decoctions, which are used both internally for coughs, and externally as fomentations. Of the dry cake remaining after... | |
 | India - 1881 - 838 pages
...are collected and from the seeds an oil is extracted. ... Of the entire seed a comfit is made ; while the capsules deprived of their seeds are still available for preparing emollient and anodyne decoctions. . . Of the dry cake remaining after the extraction of the oil, a coarse description of unleavened bread... | |
 | India - 1881 - 764 pages
...are collected and from the seeds an oil is extracted. ... Of the entire seed a comfit is made ; while the capsules deprived of their seeds are still available for preparing emollient and anodyne decoctions. . . Of the dry cake remaining after the extraction of the oil, a coarse description of unleavened bread... | |
 | India - 1907 - 506 pages
...the juice is collected by means of instruments called " Sectooahs," (&) which are made of sheet iron and resemble concave trowels, and with these the juice...have become perfectly dry under the influence of the winds of April and May, when they are removed, and crushed and broken up into a coarse powder, known... | |
 | India - 1907 - 516 pages
...of the scarifications, until the instruments become filled, when their contents are emptied, into aa earthen pot which the collector carries by his side....internally in coughs, and externally as fomentations. The items and leaves are left standing, until they have become perfectly dry under the influence of the... | |
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... earthen pot which the collector carries by his side. After the plant has ceased to yield any more juice its utility is still unexhausted. The capsules are then collected, and from the seeds an oil is extracted which is used by the natives for domestic... 