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2 Pastinaca Secacul — is the Shakakel misree (Slum
3 Sisarum , Ainslie) so much used by Eastern doctors ; and not
4 without reason ; for this root is a very efficacious medicine.
5 Dr. Royle thought it came from Cashmere to Hindostan ; but I
6 heard that it is imported from Egypt ; and hence, probably, it is
7 called the Egyptian {misree).
8 Pastin. Secacul radix (I.) Bleeding or syphilitic
9 Gonorrhoea. Catarrh. Coryza. Fever. Pain in
10 the side.
11 Paths, v. Batis spinosa.
12 Pavia — is the fruit of a Cashmerean tree, similar to the
13 Chesnut; it is officinal, and is recommended, externally, in
14 rheumatism.
15 Pavia (I.) Hemiplegia.
16 Pedicularis labellata — is a plant, which grows on the
17 Cashmerean mountains, and is officinal in Cashmere.
18 Pedicularis P u n j m o o l — or, the five-rooted louse-wort,
19 is officinal in Cashmere, where it grows among the hills.
20 Pedicul. P u nj m o o l radix (I.)
21 Peganum Harmala, v. Harmala Ruta.
22 Pelecanus — from the Pelican ; the fat is officinal in the
23 East, where it is recommended as the best emollient ; it is used
24 in contractions and paralysis. The genuine, however, is not
25 always to be met with in trade, being often adulterated.
26 Periploca Indica, v. Hemidesmus Indicus.
27 Persica. Malum Persicum — there are two different kinds
28 of peaches at Lahore. The kernel, like hydrocyanic acid, is said
29 to produce nettle-rash. The flowers of the peach are recom-
30 mended as an aperient. On the calculi dissolving virtues of
31 these kernels see Cerasum.
32 Persic, nucl. (I.) Fistula of the urinary bladder.
33 Syphilitic fistula of the anus.
34 Peruvianum, balsamum — is not officinal with the natives of
35 Lahore. Ulcer phagedenic, healed by balsam of Peru (Ainslie).
36 Petroleum — is officinal, but little used by the Hakims at
37 Lahore. Petroleum Punjabinum is a product of the hills on