1 Piper, lotif/i fr.ncUn (L) Bleeding from the gums.
2 Catarrh. Coryza. Expectoration of mucus.
3 Piper, tongi radix et stipites mdicis* called C h ee v ek
4 (I.) This hitter : general debility. Soreness of the
5 mouth. V ond ting.
6 Pipes, nigrum, v. Piper album et nigrum.
7 Pisoinkwm— is the essential part of fish, i his new remed y
8 well deserves the attention of medical men. I have seen great
9 benefits result from its use, and discovered properties in it which
10 I had not before heard of. Being cheap, and easily prepared, and
11 not a disgusting thing, it ought to be generally used. 1 pre¬
12 pared it from equal parts of fishgall and alcohol; after having
13 been well-shaken, I let it settle,-and then, decanted the essence
14 —which, like all those medicines which are prepared from animal
15 substances, should be preserved, well closed, and shut up in a
16 dark place.
17 Phcinpum (I.) Colic. Heavino ^ of the head. Patches
18 on the chest. Phrenitis. Swellings (hot or cold)
19 even Hydrocephalus acutus. Thirst. Vomitmg, etc,
20 Pistacia. Lnmusscua, v. Ma&tiv.
21 pis I'AC./A Tbkkb!nthus, v. Tercbinthus.
22 Pistacia vera- —pistachio nuts are, exported trom Cabul to
23 Lahore and Hindustan. The nuts and the outer green pericarp
24 uf the shell are officinal, and to be had of the druggists at
25 Lahore.
26 Pisfyc. putamvn a (L) Fever
27 Pisujw sativum, majus— called choral, are brought from
28 the hills to Lahore. This species of pec. is cultivated for food
29 only ; but it has, notwithstanding, peculiar medicinal properties.
30 It is said, that persons who have, from fatigue, slept in a Held
31 iof those peas, have become paralysed from the mere exhalation of
32 the plaut.
33 Pimm sat. Choral (I.) Epiphora. Incipient cata¬
34 ract, or Amaurosis. Subsultus of the stomach.
35 Fix Burguniuca —with wax, made into pills, (oue taken
36 cverv morning) is reported to have cured I Hemorrhoids.