1 tion of roses to be a corrective. The gum of the plum-tree is said
2 to be useful in gravel and calculi, as a lithontriptic, owing to the
3 hydrocyanic acid it contains. See Ceiasuw and Hydroeyani-
4 cum ucidvtn.
5 Pin; n us Ahmenjac a, v. Annminvuni Malum.
6 ♦Pruno's Cerasus, v. Ceraaum,
7 *P.tur Nus SYI.VKSTRIS—is not to be had at Lahore. 1 used an
8 essence of sloes from Paris.
9 Prim. syfo, tinctu.ru (I.) Cowti veriest.
10 PitossXATUM Potass.®, v. Kali hydrocianievm,
11 Pw/ssicum, aciultm, v. Hydrocyanicum acid am.
12 Psv llium (Plantago) Its substitute in Hind os tan i>
13 Plantago IspaghuUt , winch is there cultivated for its seeds.
14 They are similar to the former in appearance—in properties
15 also ?
16 Payllii vet Ispaghula semina (1.) Herpes pustulous.
17 Inflammation of the fauces. Rumbling in the
18 bowels.
19 Ptkrocarpds Draco, v. Dracouh mr.gids.
20 Ptkrocarj’Us San’taj.iwus, v, Santalum vuhrum.
21 Ptycjboti.s Ajw.vt\, v. Ajicain.
22 Pui.icaiua AitABtCA- • Puticaria grows in the caslnneremi
23 mountains, but is not used.
24 Puxi.i—is an article tube met with at the Cashmerean drug¬
25 gists. It is a white |jo wder, brought from Thibet, On analysis,
26 it proved t.o be carbonate of soda with gum. The Cashmereans
27 Use it to strengthen the color ot tea in infusion.
28 *Pu lsat 11 .1.a (Ancmom). Anemone pratemis — does not
29 vegetate in India, nor is it known to Eastern doctors. I used
30 the essence made in Europe.
31 Puhat. tine fur a (IT.) Toothache.
32 Pumkx. Pumicia lapis. —Pumice-stone is not officinal at
33 Lahore, though, mentioned in the books of the Hakims, as n cure
34 for wounds and ulcers. It is often used to remove hair from
35 the head, and other parts of the body.
36 Pwnic. lap. (1.)