1 Fix r.nn'inA —tar is officinal at Lahore; it is prepared front
2 h kind of Pinas in the hills; its constituent parts are—creosote,-
3 j)vro-1igneous n.oid, and empyreiinatic oil. It is mostly used in
4 the cold season as an application to came.la, when they are pestered,
5 with itching. Tar-water is still highly recommended by Euro¬
6 pean physicians, us a beverage, in pulmonary phthisis ami
7 cutaneous diseases.
8 Pic liquid. (II.)
9 Pi, a &T a go Ispao in.A, v. Psyilii semina.
10 *\lantago major {Jatifoiui) —grows in the v alley of
11 Cashmere. I reared (from the seeds) the great plantain, at
12 Ltihore, but, at the beginning of the hot season, it dried up.
13 The seeds of this plaint, which are brought from Cashmere, are
14 officinal with the Hakims.
15 Plantar), folia <y semina (I.) Consumption. Enlarge¬
16 ment of the glands- Expectoration, or, spitting of
17 blood. Syphilitic inflammation of the mouth.
18 Plata xus ohikxtaus— grows in Cabul and Cashmere. The
19 fresh leaves of the plane-tree, bruised and applied to the eye, are
20 said to stop running of the eyes. The bark is recommended,
21 boiled with vinegar, in diarrhoea. dysentery, hernia, anti
22 toothache,
23 Flavin a— is an unknown metal in the East. I had an
24 homoeopathic preparation of it from Europe.
25 Platina (1. Solution.)
26 Pi.r.c'f uAKTJitis auomaticus— is cultivated in the garden:- at
27 Lahore and in Hind os tan.
28 Plertranlh . atom. fol. (I.) Catarrhal discharge from
29 eyes and nose, with or without fever. Soreness of
30 mouth.
31 Plumbago tioska & Zkyi.andica— their roots are officinal
32 at I .above; where they are frequently found mixed together.
33 Asa blistering medicine they are not used at Lahore, but only in
34 Hindustan.
35 Plum bag. Zeyl. radix (II.) Anorexia. Blind piles %
36 Pain in the joints, with fever.