1 Pkifaod* radix (I.) l^pectoraticni of mucus. Giddi¬
2 ness, with obscurity of,vision.
3 Fortlakma hi xa:;di a — the French Guiano-bark wav
4 erroneously supiSos-:i« to be contained in Warburgs fever chops.
5 Poetulacca Olkuacea— is cultivated in the Punjab. Its
6 seeds art; used by the Hakims in inflammations of the stomach,
7 and in intestinal ulcerations, etc.
8 PortnL neminn (I.) Anorexia. Diarrhoea. Thirst.
9 1*08040$tttA dii vJK.toRUM, v. Gardekut (bor'etoruiu.
10 Potamocetok liA'i' vas—has been recommended (in infusion
11 and cataplasm) against calculi and dysury.
12 Potass a oareokica, v. Kali carbonic-urn.
13 Potass A »USA--i» said to cure stricture of the urethra.
14 PoTASfi.E acetar — dissolved in water, is recommendja < ? c-
15 temaily in various cutaneous diseases. ,
16 Potass,*, oHt.ou.As, v, Kali. o,vt/niurialicunt.
17 P< vASsn Feurocyan run m, v. A uli Jcrrocpunicuvi,
18 PoTA-ssn SooiDUM, V. Kali hyh iudicun/.
19 ^■.PorEMTiu.A T 0 RMEMT 1 M.A, v. Tnrmenti/ta.
20 *Pv{iMri,A veiub. Iferba par-alynis—- the Cows dp, though once
21 highly celebrated for its narcotic, nervine and anodyne virtues,
22 has long fallen into disrepute with the faculty; but. is still em¬
23 ployed as a medicine, by the rustics. (British .Flora Medica.)
24 Pkorotis sitcjcera— is a. tree which grows at Lahoi c;
25 not any part of which is used medicinally. 1 tried it- pod,
26 Prosop. apiciy. siliqua (I )
27 ♦pRUKKU.A vulgaris {aflinis sped**)— grows in Cashmere
28 ns well as in Europe, where it is no longer officinal, though it
29 continues to be so in the Last.
30 pruncll. (lores (I ) Colic. Salivation with pain in the
31 joints. Vomiting.
32 ♦PiiUHUM—the fruit of Primes domestic#. Dried plums are
33 sent from Cabul to Lahore , where they are much used by the
34 native doctors, to quench thirst in fevers, to arrest diarrhoea,
35 to purify the stomach, and to drive off unhealthy bile. The
36 Hakims fancy that plums affect the head, nnd consider eoufeo