ghasard
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ghasard (uncountable)
- A South Asian folk medicine, a brown powder given to relieve constipation in babies.
- 2007 September 29, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “In a Contaminated World, Play Isn’t the Only Hazard”, in New York Times[1]:
- Folk remedies for upset stomach, including azarcon and greta among Hispanics, ba-baw-san among Chinese or ghasard among Indians, may contain large amounts of lead.