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2 Pix liquid a — tar is officinal at Lahore; it is prepared from
3 a kind of Pin us in the hills ; its constituent parts are — creosote,
4 pyro-ligneous acid, and empyreumatic oil. It is mostly used in
5 the cold season as an application to camels, when they are pestered
6 with itching. Tar-water is still highly recommended by Euro-
7 pean physicians, as a beverage, in pulmonary phthisis and
8 cutaneous diseases.
9 Pix liquid. (II.)
10 Plantago Ispagula, v. Psyllii semina.
11 *Plantago major ( latifolia ) — grows in the valley of
12 Cashmere. I reared (from the seeds) the great plantain, at
13 Lahore, but, at the beginning of the hot season, it dried up.
14 The seeds of this plant, which are brought from Cashmere, are
15 officinal with the Hakims.
16 Plantag. folia # semina (I.) Consumption. Enlarge-
17 ment of the glands. Expectoration, or, spitting of
18 blood. Syphilitic inflammation of the mouth.
19 Platanus orientalis — grows in Cabul and Cashmere. The
20 fresh leaves of the plane-tree, bruised and applied to the eye, are
21 said to stop running of the eyes. .The bark is recommended,
22 boiled with vinegar, in diarrhoea, dysentery, hernia, and
23 toothache.
24 Platina — is an unknown metal in the East. I had an
25 homoeopathic preparation of it from Europe.
26 Platina (I. Solution.)
27 Plectranthus aromaticus — is cultivated in the gardens at
28 Lahore and in Hindostan.
29 Plectranth. arom. fol. (I.) Catarrhal discharge from
30 eyes and nose, with or without fever. Soreness of
31 mouth.
32 Plumbago rosea & Zeylandica— their roots are officinal
33 at Lahore; where they are frequently found mixed together.
34 As a blistering medicine they are not used at Lahore, but only in
35 Hindostan.
36 Plumbag. Zeyl . radix (II.) Anorexia. Blind piles.
37 Pain in the joints, with fever.