1 Pinus Deodar a— grows in the Himalayas.
2 Pin. Deodara semina (I.)
3 Pinus Indica — is said to possess many medical properties;
4 to cure debility of the nerves, apoplexy, paralysis, and dropsy.
5 Pinus pine a — the kernels are imported from Cabul into
6 Lahore and Hindostan.
7 Piper album & Piper nigrum — both are officinal at La-
8 hore. If dried black pepper be macerated in water, the pericarp
9 swells, bursts, and readily separates. White pepper is thus pre-
10 pared, and being less acrid than the black, is preferable for
11 culinary purposes, and is used by some chymists, for the prepara-
12 tion of piperin. (Beng. Disp.) Pepper with butter as ointment,
13 is said to have cured favus.
14 Piper. albu7n (I.) Boils. Crawling pain.
15 Piper, albi tinctura (I.) Impotency.
16 Piper, nigr. tinctura (I.) with Guiland. Bonducc.
17 Gonorrhoea; with Iodin. Syphilis.
18 Piper asperifolium, R. & P. (with opium and spirits of
19 camphor) has lately been recommended in cholera.
20 Piper Betle, Linn. — its leaves are brought from Hindostan
21 to Lahore, where they are kept in a fresh state, and always to be
22 had in the bazaar, being much used by the natives in their
23 famous masticatory, of which the constituent parts are — pieces
24 of Areca-palm-nut and shell lime ; these are folded in a leaf
25 of betel, and put at once into the mouth and masticated. This
26 composition cleans the teeth, strengthens the gums and stomach,
27 and dyes the lips and tongue in the peculiar manner so common
28 among the natives of India. Many who are subject to dyspepsia
29 find a palliative in this remedy. The root of Betel is said to be
30 the Galanga of commerce. See Galanga.
31 Piper. Betle folia (I.)
32 Piper Cubeba, v. Cubeba.
33 Piper Indicum, v. Capsicum annuum.
34 Piper longum — is well known, but not its properties ; there-
35 fore, long pepper is but little used. The Hakims ascribe t©
36 aphrodisiac properties.