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BHANG , an See also:

East See also:

INDIAN

Indian name for the See also:

HEMP (in O. Eng. henep, cf. Dutch hennep, Ger. Hanf , cognate with Gr. Kavval3er, Lat. cannabis)

hemp plant, Cannabis saliva (see HEAP), but applied specially to the leaves dried and prepared for use as a narcotic See also:

drug. In See also:

India the products of the plant for use as a narcotic and intoxicant are recognized under the three names and forms of Bhang, Gunja or Ganja, and Churrus or Charas. Bhang consists of the larger leaves and capsules of the plant on which an efflorescence of resinous See also:

MATTER

matter has occurred. The leaves are in broken and -partly agglutinated pieces, having a dark-See also:

green See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour and a heavy but not unpleasant See also:

SMELL (connected etymologically with " smoulder " and " smoke ")

smell. Bhang is used in India for smoking, with or without See also:

TOBACCO

tobacco; it is prepared in the See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a cake or manjan, and it is made into an intoxicating beverage by infusing in See also:

COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold See also:

WATER

water and straining. Gunja is the flowering or See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit-bearing tops of the See also:

FEMALE

female See also:

PLANTS

plants. It is gathered in stalks of several inches in length, the tops of which form a matted See also:

mass, from the See also:

AGGLUTINATION (Lat. ad, and gluten, glutinare, literally to fasten together with glue)

agglutination of See also:

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers, seeds and leaflets by the abundant resinous exudation which coats them. Churrus is the crude resinous substance separated from the plant. The use of preparations of hemp among the Mussulman and See also:

HINDU

Hindu See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of India is very See also:

general; and the See also:

HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit also obtains among the population of central See also:

ASIA

Asia, the See also:

ARABS

Arabs and Egyptians, extending even to the negroes of the valley of the See also:

ZAMBEZI

Zambezi and the See also:

HOTTENTOTS

Hottentots of See also:

South See also:

Africa. The habit appears to date from very remote times, for See also:

HERODOTUS (c. 484-425 B.C.)

Herodotus says of the Scythians, that they creep inside huts and throw hemp seeds on hot stones.

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