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2 the west side of the Indus, called Tukt e Keisar near
3 Banu Sj Tank; procurable in the bazaar of Dhera Ismail
4 Khan. It is of a reddish color, limpid as spirit. At Lahore,
5 I used this, and also another sort, which I had from Bombay.
6 Petroleum (II.) Epiphora. General pain, syphilitic or
7 rheumatic. Prurigo. Rigidity of limbs.
8 *Petroselinum — is now cultivated at Lahore. Parsley is used
9 merely as a pot-herb. In England, it is administered for Gravel.
10 Petrosel. herba (I.) Hemeralopia. Thoracic pain, with
11 or without asthma or dyspnoea.
12 Petrosel. semina vel tinctura (I.)
13 Phallus esculentus. Morilla ( Fungus ) — Morels are
14 imported from the hills into Lahore, but are very little used by
15 the natives ; and the English use them, not medicinally, but for
16 culinary purposes. The Morels which are brought from the
17 Hozara country, are large.
18 Phallus escul. (I.) Incipient amaurosis. Swelling of
19 the parotid gland.
20 Pharbitis coerulea, v. Ipomcea ccerulea.
21 Phaseolus aconitifolius — is cultivated in the Punjab, and
22 serves for food. Its roots, as well as those of Phaseolus radiatus ,
23 are said, by Rovle, to be narcotic.
24 Phaseol. aconitifol. semina (I.)
25 Phaseolus Mungo— is cultivated in the Punjab.
26 Phaseolus radiatus — is a third kind, which, like the other
27 two, is much used as food by the natives of the Punjab, and,
28 probably, all over Hindostan.
29 Phaseol. radiat. semina (I.) Anorexia.
30 Phellandrium aquaticum — is unknown to the native doctors
31 of Hindostan ; its seeds have lately been recommended in phthisis
32 pulmonalis, asthma, expectoration of blood, bronchitis, catarrh, etc.
33 Phlomis fruticosa — infusion, is said to be sudorific.
34 Phcenicf.a GUMMI— is officinal at Lahore, called Hokmchil.
35 It is said, this is the inspissated juice of date trees, and is im-
36 ported from Mooltan. The Hakims and Hindoo doctors use it,