1 Pinus Deooara— grows in tl'.e Himalayas
2 Pin. Deodara semtna (I.)
3 Pxhus Indxca— is said to possess many medical properties;
4 to cure debility of the: nerves, apoplexy, paralysis, and dropsy.
5 Pin t/s iuvi.a— the kernels are imported iion: Cabtil into
6 Lahore and Hindustan.
7 Pirsa & Piper wioia'.M—both are officinal at La¬
8 hore. If dried black pepper be macerated in water, the pericarp
9 swells, bursts, and readily separates.-. 'White.pepper is thus prt>
10 pared, and being less acrid than the black, 's preferable for
11 culinary .purposes, and is used by some eliymists, for the prepara¬
12 tion of piperin. (Betig. Disp.) Pepper with butter us ointment,
13 is said to have cured favqs,
14 Piper, album (I.) Boils.. Crawling pain
15 Piper, albi tinctnra (I.) Impotency.
16 Piper, niyr. time turn (I.) with Guiland linndunc.
17 Gonorrhoea; with Iodin. Syphilis.
18 Piper as vi£ui fot, in m, 11. & P. (with opium and spirits of
19 camphor) has lately been recommended in cholera.
20 PiprE Betle, Linn.—its leaves are brought from Hindustan
21 to Lahore, where they are kept in a fresh state, and always to b<
22 had in the bazaar, being much used by the natives in their
23 famous masticatory, of which the constituent parts are—pieces
24 of Areca-pnlm-nut. and shell lime, .these are folded in a leaf
25 of betel, ant! put at once into the mouth and masticated. This
26 composition cleans the teeth, strengthens the gums and stomach,
27 and dyes the lips and tongue in the peculiar manner so common
28 among the natives of India. Many who are subject to dyspepsia
29 find a palliative in this remedy. The root of lLtd is said to be
30 the Galanqa of commerce. See Galanga.
31 Piper. Betlc folia (1.)
32 Piper Cubkba, v. Cubeba.
33 PirKU Indicpm, v. Capsicum avnuwn.
34 Piper i.onoum— is w-ell known, but not. its properties; there¬
35 fore, long pepper is but little used. The Hakims ascribe to
36 aphrodisiac properties.